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Furtherman

09-29-2006, 08:34 AM

<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3037881/site/newsweek/" target="_blank">Newsweek, International Edition.</a>Newsweek publishes all over the world, so there may be some slight differences due to language and culture. This week's edition and covers:<img height="631" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Sections/Newsweek/Components/Photos/Mag/061002_Issue/nw_leftnavcov_OV_061002.jpg" width="122" align="middle" border="0" />

Jujubees2

09-29-2006, 08:45 AM

I think this says a lot about how Americans are "dumbing down".  I mean why should we care about Tom Cruise's baby, what Paris Hilton is doing or that Katie Couric is reading the nightly news when there are a hundred other things more important in the world today?  Not to mention all these idiotic "reality" TV shows. Yet, people do.  Maybe it's a form of escapism.

Furtherman

09-29-2006, 08:47 AM

Dumb people are easy to control.

cougarjake13

09-29-2006, 09:01 AM

Furtherman wrote: Dumb people are easy to control. so are the uninformed

Kevin

09-29-2006, 09:02 AM

Hey face it. This country is just as shady as the other counties around the world, Propaganda and all of that. Same as Iran, N Korea. But our government is much more sneaky than they are. Our gov does it quietly while those just don't give a shit and do it openly.

A.J.

09-29-2006, 09:30 AM

Cancel My Subscription "...to the Resurrection."<img height="276" src="http://www.electricscotland.com/music/genevincent/jim.jpg" width="203" border="0" />

jimmyNYC

09-29-2006, 09:43 AM

Furtherman wrote: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3037881/site/newsweek/">Newsweek, International Edition.</a>Newsweek publishes all over the world, so there may be some slight differences due to language and culture. This week's edition and covers:<img width="122" height="631" border="0" align="middle" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Sections/Newsweek/Components/Photos/Mag/061002_Issue/nw_leftnavcov_OV_061002.jpg" />   did you just hoo-hoo jon stewart...... he did this bit last night

Furtherman

09-29-2006, 09:48 AM

jimmyNYC wrote:  did you just hoo-hoo jon stewart...... he did this bit last night I didn't know that!  No, a friend pointed it out to me on the MSNBC website.

badorties

09-29-2006, 09:56 AM

i'm not getting why is this such a big deal, it's a magazine with days old news and opinionsbesides, annie leibovitz is a fairly major artist over the last three decades, and a profile of her may not translate on an international levelis this the first week ever that the've used a different cover domestically ...?when newsweek has non-news covers (entertainment/health/religious), do they make all editions ...?

narc

09-29-2006, 10:06 AM

I think it's less the government trying to "control people" (unless somehow Newsweek's editorial board has all been replaced with government officials) than trying to sell magazines. I think people here would consider such a story a "downer" and would be less likely to buy Newsweek. People get so paranoid so easily.

Furtherman

09-29-2006, 10:10 AM

narc wrote: I think it's less the government trying to "control people" (unless somehow Newsweek's editorial board has all been replaced with government officials) than trying to sell magazines. I think people here would consider such a story a "downer" and would be less likely to buy Newsweek. People get so paranoid so easily. I think it's an insult to the American people that they can't handle the truth.

narc

09-29-2006, 10:17 AM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">Furtherman wrote: narc wrote: I think it's less the government trying to "control people" (unless somehow Newsweek's editorial board has all been replaced with government officials) than trying to sell magazines. I think people here would consider such a story a "downer" and would be less likely to buy Newsweek. People get so paranoid so easily. I think it's an insult to the American people that they can't handle the truth.<hr color="cococo" align="left">I don't think it's that we can't handle it. I think we could if we had to. I think it's that handling it is difficult and we rather do other things that make us feel better about ourselves. I think at some point you just get so saturated with negativity that you can't stomach it as easily anymore.

This message was edited by narc on 9-29-06 @ 2:20 PM

SouthSideJohnny

09-29-2006, 10:57 AM

narc wrote: Furtherman wrote: narc wrote: I think it's less the government trying to "control people" (unless somehow Newsweek's editorial board has all been replaced with government officials) than trying to sell magazines. I think people here would consider such a story a "downer" and would be less likely to buy Newsweek. People get so paranoid so easily. I think it's an insult to the American people that they can't handle the truth. I don't think it's that we can't handle it. I think we could if we had to. I think it's that handling it is difficult and we rather do other things that make us feel better about ourselves. I think at some point you just get so saturated with negativity that you can't stomach it as easily anymore.

This message was edited by narc on 9-29-06 @ 2:20 PM I think it's both.  Part of it is that people don't want to handle it anymore since there is so much negativity out there, but it is also that people are not able to.  I don't know what's happening with our country but it seems like people are losing intelligence at a rapid rate.  When I'm trying to hire someone for my business, you would be amazed at the "quality" of some of the resumes.  Ant's (from O&A) story about the morons at the hospital seems to be the be the rule these days, not the exception.  The media see that, and they cater to it.  In the process, they make the situation even worse.  Politicians see it as well.  Ronnie nailed it earlier this week when he was talking about people actually thinking our president is a rancher: "When you're dealing with people that are as dumb as shit, you have to pretend like you're dumb as shit too, and they will love you for it."

TheMojoPin

09-29-2006, 11:05 AM

narc wrote: Furtherman wrote: narc wrote: I think it's less the government trying to "control people" (unless somehow Newsweek's editorial board has all been replaced with government officials) than trying to sell magazines. I think people here would consider such a story a "downer" and would be less likely to buy Newsweek. People get so paranoid so easily. I think it's an insult to the American people that they can't handle the truth. I don't think it's that we can't handle it. I think we could if we had to. I think it's that handling it is difficult and we rather do other things that make us feel better about ourselves. I think at some point you just get so saturated with negativity that you can't stomach it as easily anymore. This message was edited by narc on 9-29-06 @ 2:20 PM  Since when are we "saturated" with news from Afghanistan, good OR bad?

FUNKMAN

09-29-2006, 11:11 AM

less subscription and more prescription...    russia does it with vodka, america does it over the counter 

Tazz

09-29-2006, 01:36 PM

The same article is in the magazine, so who cares what is on the cover?

Kevin

09-29-2006, 01:55 PM

Tazz wrote: The same article is in the magazine, so who cares what is on the cover? Did you know the article was in the Magazine before this cover?? I didn’t. That’s why its different.

Tazz

09-29-2006, 01:58 PM

Yes, it's a headline on the top of the page.

Tenbatsuzen

09-29-2006, 02:06 PM

Plus, you're missing the point.  The purpose is to sell magazines.  Something with Annie Leibovitz on the cover will sell more magazines than a depressing story about losing in Afghanistan. It's not censorship, it's "creative editing".

Kevin

09-29-2006, 02:08 PM

Tazz wrote: Yes, it's a headline on the top of the page. Yes but that’s not as effective as a bigass cover. It’s all subliminal. If I just walk by the cover I do not notice the headline. I notice the cover though. Why have a different cover from the rest of the world?

Tenbatsuzen

09-29-2006, 02:18 PM

Kevin wrote: Tazz wrote: Yes, it's a headline on the top of the page. Yes but that’s not as effective as a bigass cover. It’s all subliminal. If I just walk by the cover I do not notice the headline. I notice the cover though. Why have a different cover from the rest of the world?   TO SELL MORE MAGAZINES

Kevin

09-29-2006, 02:25 PM

Tenbatsuzen wrote:  Kevin wrote: Tazz wrote: Yes, it's a headline on the top of the page. Yes but that’s not as effective as a bigass cover. It’s all subliminal. If I just walk by the cover I do not notice the headline. I notice the cover though. Why have a different cover from the rest of the world?    TO SELL MORE MAGAZINES  Bullshit.  People would buy the Mag more with that cover... Who gives a shit about some women and her pictures?

This message was edited by Kevin on 9-29-06 @ 6:27 PM

watson

09-29-2006, 08:12 PM

Damn I thought Anna Nicole Son's death would have been on the cover or the emerging and recently revealed love affair between Fez and Dawn Cumia... Anthony's sister

romey79

09-29-2006, 11:28 PM

Kevin wrote: Tenbatsuzen wrote:  Kevin wrote: Tazz wrote: Yes, it's a headline on the top of the page. Yes but that’s not as effective as a bigass cover. It’s all subliminal. If I just walk by the cover I do not notice the headline. I notice the cover though. Why have a different cover from the rest of the world?    TO SELL MORE MAGAZINES  Bullshit.  People would buy the Mag more with that cover... Who gives a shit about some women and her pictures? This message was edited by Kevin on 9-29-06 @ 6:27 PM T-Bird cares...

Gvac

09-30-2006, 08:58 AM

A.J. wrote:  Cancel My Subscription  "...to the Resurrection."<img width="203" height="276" border="0" src="http://www.electricscotland.com/music/genevincent/jim.jpg" /> 
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Staniel

09-30-2006, 09:32 AM

The country is still infected with the baby boomers.  That's where the Yuppies came from, and that's who mainstream advertizing panders to.  Conspiracy is much more interesting.

pete_in_NJ

10-27-2006, 03:45 AM

I still say that they should have put Black Earl on the cover.

BYOBKenobi

10-27-2006, 07:34 AM

if you get your news in a magazine... you've got issues

SinA

10-27-2006, 07:41 AM

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FezPaul

10-27-2006, 07:43 AM

A.J. wrote:  Cancel My Subscription  "...to the Resurrection."<img height="276" src="http://www.electricscotland.com/music/genevincent/jim.jpg" width="203" border="0" />Oops, SinA forgot to look at the first page. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" />