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?