fuck Newsweek

[Celerity]

it's at the point of being as bad as Fux Snooz in many of its articles

Russia: A Problem, Not a Threat

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-problem-not-threat-opinion-1584852


Georgia's Voting Law Doesn't Go Far Enough (Charlie Kirk, Founder and President, Turning Point USA )

https://www.newsweek.com/georgias-voting-law-doesnt-go-far-enough-opinion-1581740


Most Voters Don't Want More Judges on the High Court

https://www.newsweek.com/most-voters-dont-want-more-judges-high-court-opinion-1585484


Why Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict May Be Overturned

https://www.newsweek.com/why-derek-chauvins-guilty-verdict-may-overturned-supreme-court-opinion-1585401


Countless Lives Have Been Cut Short by Marijuana

https://www.newsweek.com/countless-lives-have-been-cut-short-marijuana-opinion-1584819


Tucker Carlson Says Derek Chauvin Verdict Taught BLM That 'Violence Works'

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-says-derek-chauvin-verdict-taught-blm-that-violence-works-1585582


Biden UN Ambassador's Attack on America Won't Win the U.S. Any Friends

https://www.newsweek.com/biden-un-ambassadors-attack-america-wont-win-us-any-friends-opinion-1584773


Joe Manchin's $11 Minimum Wage More Popular Than Biden's $15—Among Democrats and Republicans

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-manchins-11-minimum-wage-more-popular-bidens-15among-democrats-republicans-1573489


Biden's 'Right Verdict' Comments Ripped After Maxine Waters Controversy

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-bidens-right-verdict-comments-about-chauvin-trial-ripped-after-maxine-waters-controversy-1585161


Daunte Wright Protester Bashes Joe Biden for Failing Black Community

https://www.newsweek.com/daunte-wright-protester-bashes-joe-biden-failing-black-community-you-said-you-got-our-back-1584539


On Anti-Asian Hate, Frustration Builds on Biden's Slow Response

https://www.newsweek.com/anti-asian-hate-frustration-builds-bidens-slow-response-1584361

[hlthe2b]

1. Newsweek (like Rolling Stone) and so many other news periodicals was sold. It is not what it once

was and I don't think most people realize that. Time still retains its reputation, but Newsweek went down the tubes long ago and nearly all of its "real" journalists left. It really shouldn't be allowed as a source here any more than Breitbart and other RW media, but most still remember what it once was.

https://newrepublic.com/article/158968/newsweek-rise-zombie-magazine
Newsweek and the Rise of the Zombie Magazine
How a decaying legacy magazine is being used to launder right-wing ideas and conspiracy theories.

Writing in The Columbia Journalism Review last year, Daniel Tovrov depicted Newsweek, once one of America’s most distinguished magazines, as a shell of its former self. All that was left was clickbait, op-eds from the likes of Nigel Farage and Newt Gingrich, and a general sense of drift. “Nobody I spoke to for this article had a sense of why Newsweek exists,” Tovrov wrote. “While the name Newsweek still carries a certain authority—remnants of its status as a legacy outlet—and the magazine can still bag an impressive interview now and then, it serves an opaque purpose in the media landscape.”

Last week, Newsweek suggested one possible purpose: The legitimization of narratives straight out of the right-wing fever swamps. An op-ed written by John Eastman, a conservative lawyer and founding director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, coyly suggested that Kamala Harris, who was born in California, may not be eligible to serve as vice president because her parents were immigrants. It was, as many pointed out, a racist attack with no constitutional merit, on par with the birther conspiracy theory that claimed Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Within a few hours, Eastman’s op-ed was being brandished by President Trump, who told reporters he had “heard” Harris may not be eligible to serve.

[Celerity]

2. yes, I have used that article myself several times, it is a great resource

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100215038543

[Budi]

3. Sold to IBT & that explains why Newsweek today is trash

From wiki:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBT_Media

SNIP

IBT Media says it has an ongoing "working relationship" with Olivet University which includes the school providing design assistance and computer resources, and IBT Media providing internships for students. It characterizes it as similar to the relationships Silicon Valley companies have with local universities.
However, publication Christianity Today alleges that IBT Media has a close relationship both with Olivet and with its founder, controversial evangelical pastor David J. Jang.
It claims that Jang is an investor in and has exercised control over IBT Media, that Davis was formerly director of journalism at Olivet, and that Uzac was its Treasurer, at least at one time.

Executives characterize the relationship as between the institutions and not the founders, and that it was purely operational.

IBT Media is part of Economist's "Ideas Channel", an ad-network based on mindset rather than demographics, set up in part to reach "an intellectual and often influential audience interested in business, politics and science".

The company's Bizu video platform partners with IDG Communications and France 24. for content, and Digitas and PJA Advertising and others for monetization of the platform.

The company's brands publish to a number of 3rd party platforms, including Flipboard, Zite, and The Washington Post's Social Reader.

And much more....

[NJCher]

9. Bottom line

It’s a tactic for spinning r-w views on social media. It might gain a little credibility due to Newsweek once having been a mainstream news magazine.

If someone wanted to, they could search out the references to Newsweek articles and counteract it with this article. If I was still teaching media, it’s the type of thing I’d have students do as a project.

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, omg ... what happened to them?!

[Celerity]

5. see post 1 and 2 (same article, I was just showing the other poster that I also was using it)

[Crunchy Frog]

6. They're just a shitty RW rag now. They've been bought up by the wackos.

I would just ignore them. You'll just aggravate yourself if you bother looking at them, plus you don't want to give them the clicks.

[wyn borkins]

7. Truth: Celerity Speaks It

And here I was wondering why I felt the need for a hot shower after reading a few of their recent articles.

Newsweek: Down the tubes
Newsweek: No more [soup]clicks for you!
Newsweek: Off my list

[oasis]

8. A tainted rag beyond repair. nt

[themaguffin]

10. They have been sold a few times now and are garbage. I don't even follow their social media anymore

[The Magistrate]

11. Quite A Murderers Row There, Ma'am

I wrote them off some while back when they started treating Niall Ferguson as a serious commentator.

[Celerity]

12. Yes, it is Sir, a veritable anti-potpourri of poxiness

Niall Ferguson is a Magdalen Demy bellend neo-imperialist.

[bonzotex]

13. wow

I had clicked on a couple of Newsweek headlines recently and was surprised how stupid the "articles" were.

Thanks to the other posters for clarifying history.

No point in wasting any more time with the Newsweek puke funnel.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. I've noticed their RW bias for awhile now. It's disappointing.

Also, the AP and especially their radio news subtly skews their stories with RW talking points and memes.