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2016 Postmortem

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

3. Niall Ferguson

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 12:05 AM

Aug 2012

He admits at the beginning of his piece that he is a Republican and worked for McCain in 2008, but what surprises me is that Newsweek would put this on their cover. It really should just be an opinion piece inside. Putting it on the cover makes it look like the magazine is endorsing his views.

It's also somewhat disrespectful to refer to the President by his first name on the cover.

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Newsweek goes negative on Obama: 'Hit The Road, Barack' [View all] TroyD Aug 2012 OP

One week then bird cage liner just like the negative Romney covers. demgrrrll Aug 2012 #1

Fucking disrespectful! liberalmuse Aug 2012 #2

Niall Ferguson TroyD Aug 2012 #3

Ferguson is a total hack One of the 99 Aug 2012 #9

Newsweek will no doubt lose a lot of readers over this one. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #28

Lost me after being a 30 year subscriber during the 2008 election. Fla Dem Aug 2012 #40

I'm confused... Andrew08 Aug 2012 #34

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #39

The GOP... dennis4868 Aug 2012 #4

So Newsweek is a porno rag now? Scootaloo Aug 2012 #5

Newsweek is acting like it endorses the article TroyD Aug 2012 #6

I mostly read Newsweek while taking a dump. FightingIrish Aug 2012 #7

Negative reactions TroyD Aug 2012 #8

Ryan does have a plan, dos obama OR the democrats have an actual plan of action? msongs Aug 2012 #10

Ryan has a bogus, fake plan fasttense Aug 2012 #17

Yes. Have you not been paying attention the last 3.5 years? NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #33

Disrespectful TroyD Aug 2012 #11

Fuck Newsweek Zoeisright Aug 2012 #12

Niall Ferguson has been and is always the tool, Pay no mind to the fool. nt mikekohr Aug 2012 #13

Obama has a plan and agenda but the repigs blocks the jobs bill. craigmatic Aug 2012 #14

People still read Newsweek??? Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #15

We ended our Newsweek subscription a couple of years ago: blkmusclmachine Aug 2012 #16

And if Mitt wins DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #18

Newsweek? I thought they went out of business years ago thecentristword Aug 2012 #19

I line my birdcage with the pages of Newsweek!! center rising Aug 2012 #20

Spell it right--it's been NewsWEAK for a long time! eom Maeve Aug 2012 #21

Nasty article (from what I skimmed over) Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #22

boycott outsideworld Aug 2012 #23

Blame it on Tina Brown. Jennicut Aug 2012 #24

they had a 'Mitt the Wimp" cover a couple of weeks ago, too, so they are going negative on both of WI_DEM Aug 2012 #25

Krugman and Andrew Sullivan (on his blog) dennis4868 Aug 2012 #26

Why does the media ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #27

The MSM wants the horse race. Flatpicker Aug 2012 #29

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #30

3 and out. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #31

Expect more. pintobean Aug 2012 #35

They did? Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #36

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #32

Timing is everything...given the Akin uproar, Newsweek just rendered itself irrelevant n/t Sheepshank Aug 2012 #37

Tina Brown strikes again leftynyc Aug 2012 #38

He knows what he is doing. Flatpicker Aug 2012 #41

A Full Fact-Check of Niall Ferguson's Very Bad Argument Against Obama from the Atlantic Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #42

Newsweek hasn't been worth the paper it's printed on for a long time. Beacool Aug 2012 #43