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Rating:  -
Some thoughts from a 35-year reader/subscriber: Years ago, Newsweek held its readers attention simply through outstanding reporting/writing and photos of world and national events. Exceptional writing remains but to attract the masses, "news" has expanded to cover a wide range of topics designed to entertain. I don't have a problem with that. It helps me keep up with the times--even the "Wall Street Journal" added more human interest stories. However, I do have a problem when some of Newsweek's traditional reporting on world/national issues do not appear to be as impartial and well balanced as in the past. This criticism is not unique to Newsweek--I have the same issue with other publications that tend to lean to liberal or conservative causes. The bottom line is obvious: use multiple sources before passing judgement on an issue. I guess I've changed as Newsweek has--less reliance on its reporting of issues, more on the entertainment aspects. But I do enjoy reading both.
Rating:  -
Of the BIG three US weekly news/politics magazines I currently receive Newsweek is my least favorite behind U.S. News & World Report and TIME. Newsweek, like the others, give you an analysis important events and throws in some lifestyle, society, the arts and, of course technology. So what sets them apart, how do you just which one is best? "tear quota"
You know what "tear quota" is. You have your own. You read a story, article, see that side bar or read a sideline about a new web site and you want, no need, that article. So you tear, no matter where you are, you tear. Quietly, if possible, especially if you are on an airplane, or in a doctors office but the ripping paper screams the crime to those near you. The raised eyebrow and the askance looks threatening, but you tear on. You tear and quickly stuff it in your pocket or purse.
NEWSWEEK came third after US News & World Report and TIME respectively. Issues are presented, but, well, nothing hits me.
It seems that NEWSWEEK is trying to be everything to everybody. It is as if they have not decided who their audience is, perhaps the editors are not sure if they are competing with PEOPLE or TIME. For example, the December 9, 2002 cover story was Teen Virginity, followed by Missile Fears and touted 3 movie stars.
Thus the best I can give is 2 ½ scissors.
Rating:  -
I've been a fan since I was in high school. I don't believe this magazine "dumbs down" anything. I think it is written at a more interesting angle for it's readers who don't need every single detail played out.I think this is geared to the newer generation, ages 18-35. We don't need to known "conception to birth" like portrayed in a recent "Time" article. It's little interest to the ones starting out in college and a career. Babies don't come till later, and even then, do we want a news magazine when we can pick up a book on babies? The political cartoons are the greatest also!! I honestly feel the articles are pretty even in regards to democrat and republican viewpoints. Take the review how you want, but I'm a happy subscriber who gets her issue in the mail every Tuesday. Amazon is a great deal also!
Rating: -
My wife and I are longtime subscribers to Newsweek, but no more. We are finally letting our subscription lapse.
Here's why:
1) We didn't initially subscribe to People Magazine. It's hard to escape the slew of here-today-gone-tomorrow "celebrities" that seem to increasingly grace the pages of Newsweek. In just the last couple months, P. Diddy has had at least four articles written about him. Who the heck cares? Is this news?
2) All ads, all the time! Even the "news" articles are ads. One entire issue was dedicated to the Playstation 2. Recently they jettisoned a couple news articles to include reviews of high-end cars, wine, and other jealousy-inducing items. You would assume from the tone of so many Newsweek tech articles lately that unless one buys the latest battery-powered gizmo, life on earth as we know it would cease. Better treasure your last breath - and how convenient this transition since several times this year the magazine has been overwhelmed by healthy lifestyle inserts that appear to be part of the magazine. But a closer examination reveals them to be nothing more than massive ads for drugs and health-related products. Very deceptive, since there is no empirical evidence included to counter the claims being made in the article-like inserts. Simply appalling.
3) Pop culture run amok. Any aspirations Newsweek ever had to being a top news journal have been jettisoned. Instead we are greeted with a lowbrow look at "What's Cool" rather than "What's Newsworthy". When everything is relevant, nothing is.
4) Lowering of journalistic quality. Where have the editorial works by the movers and shakers that shape the future (and accurately recall the past) gone to? You used to be able to read an article or editorial by someone like Solzhenitsyn or Kissinger, but now you are more like to get an article by J. Lo or Aguilera. How Eleanor Clift can stay with this magazine and still look at herself in the mirror is beyond me. At least George Will has some other outlets for his work.
5) Calling Anne Coulter! The magazine was never known for being centrist in tone and - with the exception of Will - continues to drift left. But curiously, the left it is drifting towards resembles more the left of eighteen year old Brown University students than the left of, say, Tom Daschle. If ever the left was irrelevant in modern discourse, it's displayed in all its glory in the pages of Newsweek.
6) Target audience dumb-down. It seems the target audience for the magazine consists of teenage girls who follow hip-hop and their video game-playing boyfriends. Does someone need to educate that group? Certainly. But with everyone rushing in to fill that market niche, isn't there anything left for adults? Even a casual read of featured writers like Anna Quindlen reveals a complete lack of logic on the pages of the magazine. No wonder the current generation lacks discernment.
In short, find something else to keep you abreast of the real news. Newsweek's day has come and gone.
Rating:  -
I much prefer Newsweek to Time, because I find Time to have strong conservative leanings - I was recently so annoyed with one Time commentary that I threw the rag across the room. I suspect others who have reviewed Newsweek here may dislike it for the very reason I like it - it tends to be much more liberal, and to raise questions about current conservative policies.
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