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Newsweek Trashes U.S.

May 26, 2005 7 Comments Online/Web

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i've been seeing this link crop up all over the place for the last few days it seems like, and i wasnt sure if i really wanted to blog about it.... but i've found myself at this site a couple times, which describes the cover of Newsweek and how it runs with completely different covers and headline stories abroad... here in the States they had the Oscars on the cover of the magazine, while over in Japan they got a copy of Newsweek with the American flag in the trashcan and a big headline saying "America is Dead"

Newsweek's false, retracted story about American guards flushing the Koran down a toilet at Guantanamo doesn't necessarily mean the magazine's staff hates America or Bush, or wants us to lose in Iraq. To be charitable, let's just chalk that one up to sloppy journalism.

But I'm at a loss to explain this, from the February 2 issue of Newsweek's Japanese edition:
As you can see, the cover story shows an American flag, dirtied and tossed in a trash can, its staff snapped in two. The large white text reads, "Amerika ga shinda hi", which translates to "The day America died."

this in light of the recent scandal with Newsweek running a story about a soldier throwing a Koran into the toilet, leading to riots all over the Middle East and dozens being killed... only to have them finally retract the story since they couldn't back it up for shit. *shakes head*

seriously though, why the hell doesnt Newsweek run this kind of story with the coverpage over here in the States? it seems pretty f'd up to me that americans hit the newstand and pickup a copy to read on their way into work, and see Hilary Swank and DiCaprio.. while abroad people see a broken American flag in the trash... what the fuck?

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freeb0rn
Looked at alternatively:
Newsweek Japan didn't have the balls to print the Oscar issue in Japan, for fear of new-age cyberpunk (HAX TEH GIBSON!) riots by Japanese film lovers!

Jokes aside, the media sucks.

John Stewart for President 2008.

foO
hell, i'd settle for having most americans be simply aware that this is the exact kinda shit that's been going on with the MSM for the last couple years or more (decades?)

*shakes head in disgust*

Chris Harrison
I think American's should start rioting over this... yeah, that's the ticket!

Chris Harrison
All I can say is, Fuck those motherfuckers and their damn dirty robots. God Bless the USA!

ghost
they lack the balls cause of the backlash we'd throw at em. republican or democrat doesnt matter when youre talking national pride. they wont print that shit over here because most peeps wouldnt allow it in or newstands. and they fuckin know it. i can just see some new yorker with anewstand tellin the delivery folk to go fuck themselves.

foO
exactly, houser.... exactly! they dont have the balls to put that shit on the stands over here in the States, but feel perfectly okay with doing it overseas? WTF???

i've seen some of the papers and headlines that are in print on a regular basis abroad, and it's no wonder.... *shakes head*

but this just seems really shady, underhanded, and makes me wanna give Newsweek the finger.... effin assholes.

credibility? gone........

Houser
Wow, dude. You know, after the whole Koran scandal, I heard media peeps talking about how they weren't ready to throw the baby out with the bath-water. That a reporter got zealous. This one person went on to talk about how the media climate and the rush to print stories have changed the reporting landscape. It actually sounded like a well thought, reasonable, pragmatic view of the issue. The reporter screwed up (baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad), but that didn't necessarily corrupt the entire organization.

I wonder how those same media peeps feel after this shit hits the fan. Course I have no idea about the slant or angle on the story, but the cover and title alone make the publication appear extremely shady. Peddling that shit overseas and not having the stones to say that shit to us? Please, bitch.