Karl Rove to become Newsweek contributor

[Newsjock]

Source: Newsweek

Newsweek release

Thursday, November 15, 2007

KARL ROVE TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR

New York -- Karl Rove, the former White House deputy chief of staff, will become a Newsweek contributor, offering occasional opinion pieces to the pages of the magazine and to Newsweek.com.

"Newsweek has a long tradition of asking practitioners and opinion-makers to offer our readers the benefits of their experience in occasional opinion essays,” said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham. "Whether one agrees or disagrees with Karl, there is no arguing that he has been a critical player in the political world with insights and experiences that we think will give our readers something unique. A great recent example is George Stephanopoulos, who did terrific work for us after he left the Clinton White House in the second term."

Read more: http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12960

[underpants]

1. Copy editor: "What is it?"

Editor:"I'm not sure but he seems to have just blotted his massive forehead in an ink pad and randomly smashed it against some legal sized paper"

Copy editor:"Oh, well this makes three weeks in a row. You want me to.."

Editor:"Yeah call the ghost writer again"

[whistle]

6. You just answered the question I was going to ask, "Can Rove even write?"

[Kolesar]

2. That "Newsweek Editor" Jon Meacham is a real piece of work

After one of bush's state of the union speeches, he went on camera and shouted about how "the Democrats have no message!", which was his preassigned talking point as the sotu speech was being prepared.

He's also written these books about religion and politics. GOP operative, all the way.

[eShirl]

3. Meh. When they said it would be someone that makes our heads explode, I thought

it would be Ann Coulter.

[rocktivity]

4. Karl Rove versus Daily Kos--I love it!

In order to appear fair and balanced, Newsweek hired the Daily Kos guy in the same capacity.

:rofl:
rocknation

[HowHasItComeToThis]

5. HOGWASH.... IT IS PAYBACK

THE MEDIA IS REPUBLICAN, DID YOU FORGET??????????????????

[rocktivity]

18. The Daily Kos guy will also be an "occasional" contributor

Check out this Sean Insanity meltdown on the subject. Maybe now that Karl's in, he'll consider it fair and balanced.

:headbang:
rockantion

[librechik]

7. the redmeat "balance" to MarKos. Yes, my head is exploding, just as they predicted.

:nuke:

[lovuian]

8. I'll never read Newsweek ever again

ick

[xxqqqzme]

28. I stopped when they thought Clinton's bj was a scandal.

I got so sick of the continual cover to cover hype, I canceled the subscription and turned to the internet. Never been back.

[shain from kane]

9. Newsweek becomes Newspeak. n/t

[Writer]

10. Extreme politics is sexy and SELLS.

:popcorn:

[...of J.Temperance]

Yeah but....there ain't ANYTHING sexy about Karl Rove

:puke:

[Writer]

15. And nothing sexy about Ann Coulter, either...

but a lot of money is made from attracting and manipulating our emotions.

[...of J.Temperance]

17. Uh

Yuk! Ann Coulter :puke:

She's ugly inside and outside.

It's amazing that people can make money by employing asshats like Coulter and Rove to spew their venom, I mean what "market" is Newsweek aiming for here? The Bushbot's? Didn't know they could even read actually!

[stanwyck]

47. I let my TIME subscription lapse soley on the

basis of their Ann Coulter cover/puff piece.

[StClone]

11. Goebbels didn't return their calls

Rove's columns can offer how to cheat, lie, steal you way to the top...barring all laws, rules and accepted practices...say what?

[Cha]

13. goebbels was

dead so they went with the live(?) one.

[Cha]

12. I would drop newsweak like a hot potato

if I hadn't done that years ago.

karl the master of deceit rove..how low can newsweak go?

[onehandle]

14. Karl Rove Lives. nt

[yellowcanine]

16. One more good reason not to read Newsweek. Who reads news weeklies any more, anyway?

With the internet, most news is old news by the time the weekly comes out.

[StClone]

19. I try to if i have some free time

They often offer an in-depth recap with some good writing and angles that immediacy may not provide. However, one must be wary. My wife purchased a three-year subscription to Time and Newsweek from kids working a fund raiser.

[Robbien]

20. As if Newsweek needs another rabid GOPer to add to their full stable of rabid GOPers

The dKos writer will be lost in the overload of RWingers.

[benld74]

21. PASS THE WORD-DITCH YOUR NEWSWEEK SUBSCRIPTION

[deacon]

43. Hell yeah. Newsweek is now officially SHIT. n/t

[Benhurst]

22. It's about time on of the corporate news organizations paid him for

doing what he done for them for free all these years. The man no longer has a White House salary. He can't be giving out all those handouts for them to copy for free anymore.

[Dr Fate]

23. Liberal Media at it again. n/t

n/t

[rodeodance]

24. He helped ruin our country and now gets a good job. life sucks

[ClintonTyree]

25. Oh, puhleeeeze!

"Newsweek has a long tradition of asking practitioners and opinion-makers to offer our readers the benefits of their experience in occasional opinion essays,” said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham. :puke:

In this case, NewsWEAK is offering Rove a chance to LIE to their readers in an official capacity, no longer on background. We'll get the lies right from the horse's(ass) mouth now, instead of being from "sources close to the White House".

Another reason (as if I needed another) for totally ignoring NewsWEAK. :puke:

[David Zephyr]

26. He already was a "Newsweek contributor". They were his stenographers before the Iraqi War.

I guess the "news" here is that he will now be paid for the "news" he wrote for them.

Perhaps Rove can get back pay from The New York Times for the articles he dictated to Judy Miller, too.

No news here.

[progressivebydesign]

30. and the aspen trees are turning. See, he CAN write! n/t

[W T F]

27. Looks like he'll have plenty of time to write........

while he's serving out his sentence with the "Dukester".
:rofl:

[progressivebydesign]

29. WTF? Why hasn't that weasel ambled off into the sunset?

Gee. so the poisonous troll will be spewing his trash for the election. Beautiful. I fucking hate corporate media. ugh.

[Vinca]

31. We dropped Newsweek after Meacham turned it into Jesusweek.

Hiring Rove ought to take a bite out of the subscription base, too.

[CBHagman]

32. Can we offer our OPINION OF HIM?

If Dante were alive today, such a ring of hell he would have for Mr. Rove.

[Demeter]

33. Memo To Self: Do NOT Read Anything About Karl Rove While Eating

to avoid nausea and vomiting.

[shenmue]

34. Well, everybody needs toilet paper.

:dunce:

[brentspeak]

35. He should be doing field reports from a federal prison cell

[Orsino]

36. Great. Now he controls their message AND gets paid for it. n/t

[deutsey]

37. Ah, justice

:evilfrown:

[Zhade]

38. So Newsweek employs criminals now?

NT!

[defendandprotect]

39. Newsweek will now give Rove a propaganda platform --- a way to leak poison ---

[watercolors]

40. I canceled my subscription last month

Glad I did now!

[deacon]

42. Everybody should. They barely had any credibility anyway. Now zero.

[stanwyck]

46. Funny. I let my TIME subscription lapse

because I was still simmering over the Ann Coulter cover. I thought I'd pickup Newsweek instead. Not going to do that now. No way will I spend money to see Rove's face and read his lies.
That's OK. I've been wanting to get the NYT. I'll put my money toward that subscription instead.

[deacon]

41. Disgusting and disgraceful. What did they have a "Wanted: Traitor" sign out?

Newsweek is officially GARBAGE.

[Alter Ego]

44. So much for my Newsweek subscription.

:puke:

[Terri S]

45. Karl Rove writing for Newsweek and Tom DeLay giving interviews on tv

and Bill Moyers is relegated to obscurity on PBS. What a pathetic commentary on our supposed Fourth Estate !