Already facing declining circulation numbers, Newsweek finds itself potentially losing thousands of more customers after it announced today that Karl Rove, the former White House deputy chief of staff, will become a contributor. He’s expected to offer occasional opinion pieces to the pages of the magazine and to Newsweek.com.
“Newsweek is choosing to pay money to a man who has committed numerous crimes against the state, and war crimes,” one Raw Story commenter wrote. “I’m choosing not to read Newsweek.”
“I have no choice but to boycott,” another angry reader added. “I may write, e-mail, and phone some of their sponsors.”
Big Head DC can confirm that several protesters contacted the publication after learning the news of Rove’s new role.
I didn’t really think of myself as a protester when I canceled my subscription this evening. I did it because if the level of trustworthiness that Newsweek guarantees in his contributors is Karl Rove, then I can’t trust it as a valid source for news.
Snoozeweek is irrelevant just like Karl Rove. It’s a perfect match.
It sounds like some people resent the fact that the other side of some stories may be told now. Can you imagine the namecalling and outcry if conservatives cancelled their subscriptions to what is in theory a neutral viewpoint publication simply because a liberal with whom they disagree was hired?
Let’s see if I get this straight.
A few days before this was announced, they also announced they had hired Markos Moulitsas for the same kind of commentary from the left. But that’s okay?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
MARKOS MOULITSAS, FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF DAILYKOS.COM,
TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR FOR 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
New York — Markos Moulitsas, the founder and publisher of dailykos.com, will become a Newsweek contributor for the 2008 presidential campaign, offering occasional opinion pieces to the pages of the magazine and to Newsweek.com.
(more in original, ht, Newsbusters)
Hey, how about a little perspective on this? I’m not defending Newsweek. I rarely read it. But going bonkers because they hire a brilliant strategist to do a few commentary pieces?
That’s the problem with the left in America today. They simply can’t bear to listen to, or read all sides. They’re like little kids with their hands over their ears going “na na na na . . . I’m not listening . . . na na na!”
The man is an excellent writer. Check it out.
How one can compare Markos to Karl Rove is beyond me. Rove was the president’s right hand man for decades. Markos knows how to type on a keyboard. big difference. i have cancelled my subscription as well.
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