Click on the link to Newsweeks international webpage.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3037881/site/newsweek/
Scroll down the page to the cover which doesn't match the others. That's the one for Newsweek's American edition.
Each has a dramatic shot of a Taliban fighter shouldering an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade). The cover headline is: "Losing Afghanistan," pointing to a devastating piece on our Afghan War by Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai, and Michael Hirsh, "The Rise of Jihadistan."
The American edition Instead, has a photo of an ash-blond woman with three young children dressed in white, one in her arms, and the headline: "My Life in Pictures." The woman turns out to be Annie Liebovitz, photographer of the stars, and the story by Cathleen McGuigan.
What do you think?
2006-09-27 01:26:04 · 6 answers · asked by big-brother 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Thanks for the link; the contrast in coverage between international and US versions is often jarring, and this is a very excellent example.
It can't be claimed that the difference in covers is because people in the US are not interested in the Taliban right now! The US media slants to the right on the whole. This is why when I hear conservatives decry the "left wing" MSM, I shudder.
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RLP -- yeah, sure, "we WON" Afghanistan. Obviously, you create your own reality.
2006-09-27 01:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by TxSup 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's good that they are not enbolding the enemy here in the US. By allowing the enemy liberals with in see this BS lieing garbage!
2006-09-27 08:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by battle-ax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is no surprise coming from MSNBC...they are Commies just like CNN...
It's ashame really...but maybe they recently were converted to Muslum Religion...and you know what happens if you refuse to convert...you loose your head.
2006-09-27 08:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by DAVER 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the world wants to hear the BS that some writer has made up about Afghanistan but we are too smart to buy into it. We WON!
2006-09-27 08:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't know what has happened to people's definition of war, but if the enemy is shooting at you, that usually does not mean you are losing.
2006-09-27 08:31:38 · answer #5 · answered by a.fricker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very interesting, thanks.
2006-09-27 08:40:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋