Comments on: Video: Did Newsweek try to make Palin look bad on its cover?

By: CynicalOptimist

CynicalOptimist — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:54:10 +0000

She’s still hot and he’s not….

She makes a much better looking woman than he does a man…

By: sabbott

sabbott — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:01:55 +0000

rats have some babes too! Hillary. Madelline. Janet. Ruth Bader.

By: jgapinoy

jgapinoy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:50:26 +0000

US News & TIME are bad, but Newsweak has been to way their left for years.

By: jgapinoy

jgapinoy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:49:05 +0000

I’m a mail carrier, & the ongoing joke while we’re sorting mail every morning is how BO & his family have gotten about 50 or 60 favorable cover stories on magazines, but McCain has five or six (not a scientific study, but that’s my story & I’m sticking to it).

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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:15:04 +0000

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By: Speakup

Speakup — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:44:37 +0000

The only way I would subscribe to Newsweek is if they sent it to me for free so I could throw it in the trash where it belongs, at their expense. Like Time did.

By: Mr. Wednesday Night

Mr. Wednesday Night — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:26:11 +0000

No, but I watched the VP debate in HD. They could have made her look much worse if that was the goal – she has a bumpy neck.

Big S on October 8, 2008 at 6:24 PM

Serves her right! She’s probably got a touch of melasma from that $65,000 tanning bed. (Paid for with funds diverted from Public Safety, don’tcha know).

By: marybel

marybel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:55:51 +0000

I quit Newsweek in my waiting room many years ago after it morbidly and callously glamorized Harris and Klebold, the slimeball Columbine killers, on their cover. I wouldn’t read that rag even if it were free. Sarah is courageous and even more lovely on the inside, which is where it counts. Newsweek only reveals its obvious bias and embarrasses itself by refusing to do a routine, close-up airbrush.

By: christene

christene — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:17:59 +0000

Nope,..Newsweek is not in my mailbox,..but this is really no big deal, the picture of obama shows a few holes in his face.

By: changer1701

changer1701 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:09:55 +0000

I don’t see the big deal here…Megyn ought to just have that US Weekly jerk on again and ream him some more.

By: Grafted

Grafted — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:51:41 +0000

Anyone here subscribe to Newsweek

Hahaha…good one!

By: drunyan8315

drunyan8315 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:45:52 +0000

Maybe that’s the bright light in all of this… maybe we’ll actually get to hear good news once-in-a-while. Maybe even (gasp) good news out of Iraq, like soldiers helping kids, etc.

Just figuring that out huh? It’s called psy-ops, and the truth or falsity of it is irrelevant after enough repetitions. People just get tired of all the bad news, and come to the conclusion, consciously or not, that they will get better news if they vote a different way than they have before.

And they are right… if Obama wins, the news is going to be wonderful! Always. No matter what… you can count on it. The people who bring you the news can make it so, if you just give up hope and do what they want you to.

Why aren’t the Democrats screaming abou the stock market? Here’s a hint… it’s going just the direction they want. The lower it goes, the better for Obama. And the more things look better for Obama, the lower the stock market goes!! The Dems have been trying to wreck the ecomonomy for years, and somehow they have timed it just perfectly.

By: johnsteele

johnsteele — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:43:47 +0000

Last time I actually read a Newsweek, many years ago, I concluded the only thing it was suitable for was lining the bottom of a birdcage.

Snidely Whiplash on October 8, 2008 at 7:24 PM

Tried that with Time magazine but the bird refused to go back in the cage.

By: oldleprechaun

oldleprechaun — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:37:05 +0000

Delivered “Newsweek” on my mail route yesterday. Photo was unflattering, but still not as noxious as the cover photo of Ann Coulter that was run several years ago. (Not sure if that was Newsweek, though)

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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:59:34 +0000

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By: Dorvillian

Dorvillian — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:33:13 +0000

Anyone here subscribe to Newsweek and willing to confirm or deny based on the full size cover?

I’m pretty sure that Newsweek is not available for subscription or sale to the general public.

It’s a free magazine given to doctors to place in their waiting rooms.

By: The Ugly American

The Ugly American — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:20:54 +0000

Granted, that is not the most flattering photo of her, but Palin would still look good with bed hair and and eyes full of crusties.

By: viking01

viking01 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:17:13 +0000

How’s that new photographer that Newsweak just hired from The Atlantic working out?

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:12:37 +0000

No big deal. So Governor Palin isn’t a super model or… a left’s version of the next messiah. It would have been better not to even mention it, nothing will change from the “no touch up” story. Newsweek worships at the alter of “Duh 1″, like… who didn’t know?

By: William2006

William2006 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:00:48 +0000

Yeah Lockstein, the headline caption for the story actually matches the choice of the cover photo. The editorial point of the photo is to tell readers: “Look closer…see she isn’t as perfect as people think, or she pretends to be. And oh by the way, there’s a hidden dark side you barely can see (she’s two-faced). We tell you about that in our story.”

Yep, it’s all about communication and this is about as sophisticated as it gets.

econavenger on October 8, 2008 at 8:33 PM

econavenger,

Thanks for such a strong, on-the-mark insight into the story.

What a thought provoking comment!

William

By: William2006

William2006 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:58:22 +0000

any segment with megyn kelly is worth it.

lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 6:16 PM

lorien1973,

Barring unforeseen circumstances, I second that emotion!

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:54:48 +0000

Hey I’m eating here…

By: canopfor

canopfor — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:38:36 +0000

Good Lord,it doesn’t take much,to entertain
and sidetrack CNN!

And yes Sarah Palin is beautiful,just like all
Republican women,however for the Libs,well um,
thats a different story,how about Janet Rino!!

By: econavenger

econavenger — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:33:22 +0000

Yeah Lockstein, the headline caption for the story actually matches the choice of the cover photo. The editorial point of the photo is to tell readers: “Look closer…see she isn’t as perfect as people think, or she pretends to be. And oh by the way, there’s a hidden dark side you barely can see (she’s two-faced). We tell you about that in our story.”

Yep, it’s all about communication and this is about as sophisticated as it gets.

By: aengus

aengus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:21:58 +0000

Plato would be proud.

Not really. The theoretical guardians of Plato’s Republic were a warrior/intellectual class. They were meant to protect it with their lives/fighting skills as well as govern it. Could you imagine Senators and Congressmen fighting against Spartans?