Prompted by Newsweek's Michele Bachmann cover picture choice [1], in his weekly Friday column, USA Today founder Al Neuharth, a pretty consistent liberal [2], recognized the magazine's political agenda.
'When Newsweek was owned by the Washington Post, it was predictably left-wing, but it was accurate,' Neuharth observed before slamming the new owner/editor who picked a picture to make Bachmann look crazy: 'Under Tina Brown, it is an inaccurate and unfair left-wing propaganda machine.'
In the August 19 column, 'Newsweek Bachmann cover is outrageous [3],' Neuharth explained how 'last week's cover featured a full-page, wide-eyed facial picture of Michele Bachmann, carefully selected to match the headline, which calls her 'The Queen of Rage.''
He recalled: 'A full-page cover picture of Bill Clinton in June showed him as a smiling nice guy, in contrast to the Bachmann Queen of Rage cover.'
Neuharth, who began by writing that 'Newsweek magazine, under new ownership and a new editor with a London background, has become almost as crazy and racy as the scandalous British tabloids,' concluded: 'Editor Tina Brown should acknowledge that her magazine is substituting London fog for real news.'
Earlier:
'Newsweek's Tina Brown Offers No Apology, Doubles Down on 'Crazy' Bachmann Cover [5]'[4]
'If You Thought Newsweek's Cover Photo of Bachmann Was Bad Wait Until You Read the Story.. [6].'
'Flashback: Newsweek's Adulatory 2008 Obama Cover Portraits [7]'
