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Bob said:
reread your own posts. you are not making sense, but you are angry. you're town hall angry. if newsweek had put the same cover for the u.s., you would knee jerk complain that they are anti-war. newsweek is trying to sell to their market. americans are sick of war....aren't you?
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of course im angry. and of course im sick of war. the quicker we get the left to step aside which the president is actually doing in regards to this conflit, the quicker we can defeat the enemy and bring our men and women home. the president is a leftist to the core, but when it comes to these wars, he knows he cant listen to the left if we want victory and i applaud him for that. now if he can just call the war on terror what it is, the war on terror".

how could i not be angry when a once great news outlet like newsweek lies to its customers for political gain or from flat out irresponsibility? how could i not be angry that things such as our soldiers are used for political gain which is what newsweek constantly does and has from the start of this conflict. how could i not be angry when i cant make a life decision based on whats going on in the world when a newsweek isnt telling the truth or is spinning the heck out of it? we should all be angry
 
It's all about market share, ratings etc. We get the one sided American view because we mostly just tune in to these cable pundit programs and the networks that are increasingly cutting their budgets. We get mostly domestic news, because in part our media will not spend the money to send reporters around the world like we used to. Next time you watch a nightly news program see how much time is spent on international news including our wars.

For a more balanced view of what is going on in this world check out the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jezeera and others. The difference is striking and thought provoking.
 
rheffron said:
It's all about market share, ratings etc. We get the one sided American view because we mostly just tune in to these cable pundit programs and the networks that are increasingly cutting their budgets. We get mostly domestic news, because in part our media will not spend the money to send reporters around the world like we used to. Next time you watch a nightly news program see how much time is spent on international news including our wars.

For a more balanced view of what is going on in this world check out the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jezeera and others. The difference is striking and thought provoking.
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the bbc, eurones and al-jezeera? this is a joke, right?

fox has daily reports from the front-lines. i challenge you to find as much anywhere else in this nation. you wont
 
TooFarTampa said:
Hang on ... how old is this? As a Newsweek reader for more than a decade -- though someone who takes it now only for Fareed Zakaria :wub: -- I think that U.S. cover is of Annie Liebowitz (sp). It's a year or more old, if I recall.

I understand and appreciate the point but the cover was published during the Bush administration.

Edit: That was actually from Sept. 2006! Time sure flies. :eek:
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Sept 2006?. This thread is offically closed. Thanks for the fact chek TTT!
 
kkddbb said:
the bbc, eurones and al-jezeera? this is a joke, right?

fox has daily reports from the front-lines. i challenge you to find as much anywhere else in this nation. you wont
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Not true. Quite often, when there is breaking news, BBC has it first and accurate.
 
September, 2006, eh? Interesting. NPR has had a great series on the upcoming Afghanistan elections over the last week. NPR also had a story on the impending bankruptcy of Annie Liebowitz, who apparently spends way more than she makes. She is currently defaulting on a six figure cash loan made to her by some well dressed New York loan sharks.
 
30A Skunkape said:
September, 2006, eh? Interesting. NPR has had a great series on the upcoming Afghanistan elections over the last week. NPR also had a story on the impending bankruptcy of Annie Liebowitz, who apparently spends way more than she makes. She is currently defaulting on a six figure cash loan made to her by some well dressed New York loan sharks.
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Thanks for this - I looked it up. $24 million!

So I guess that deal with Newsweek to promote her 2006 book didn't work out so well for her? :roll:
 
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