On AlterNet: newsweek

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "newsweek"

DSK's Alleged Victim Is Speaking Out -- Will She Get a Shot at Justice?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. July 25, 2011.

Strauss-Kahn is accused of rape. So why does it seem like his victim is on trial?

Newsweek Taps Bush Aide For Obama Reporting

Ari Melber, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2009.

See if you can follow this twisted logic.

Photos: Palin, Newsweek and Sexism

Media Matters, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2009.

Newsweek is taking heat for running on its cover a photo Sarah Palin posed for in her running gear. But wait -- there's more between the covers.

Mythmaking 101: Why Millions Have Bought into 'Death Panel' Propaganda

Kenny Smith, Religion Dispatches. September 17, 2009.

The death panel rumor is the real deal: values masquerading as truth, all in service of one heckuva group fantasy.

War Criminals, Including Their Lawyers, Must Be Prosecuted

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.

We need a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute criminal lawyers like John Yoo who gave Bush et al legal cover.

How Will Obama Deal with Bush's Worst Abuses of Power?

Nick Penniman, American News Project AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 18, 2008.

Pulitzer Prize Winner James Risen discusses the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure and the media's failure after 9/11.

Has Newsweek Gone Mad? New Article Gives Voice to Antichrist Whack Jobs

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2008.

Sickening: Newsweek publishes a 600-word piece on those who wonder about Obama being the Antichrist.

As Democratic Landslide Looms, Big Media Try to Peddle More 'Right-Wing Nation' B.S.

Paul Waldman, Media Matters for America. October 22, 2008.

When Democrats win we're told that they need to move to the center. What a joke.

WTF? Newsweek Says We Should Pardon Officials Who Sanctioned Torture

Brad, Sadly, No! AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 16, 2008.

The pardons recommended in Stuart Taylor Jr.'s Newsweek article are absurd and, you know, illegal.

Newsweek Caves to Right Wing Pressure, Hires Karl Rove as Election Contributor

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Video. November 15, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: Evidently this is Newsweek's idea of "balancing out" Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas.

Newsweek Dishes on Why Gonzales Bailed

Jan Frel, AlterNet: PEEK. September 2, 2007.

Jan Frel: It wasn't to spend more time with the family...

Iraq & The Innocent Bystander Fable

David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. May 28, 2007.

David Sirota: Politicians and pundits pretend they are merely innocent and powerless bystanders to the most serious national security crisis in contemporary American history.

Newsweek Hides Global Warming Denier's Financial Ties to Big Oil

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 12, 2007.

A recent Newsweek op-ed by global warming denier Richard Lindzen claims the meteorologist has no industry ties, but his bio is as misleading as his writing.