Newsweek’s latest issue carries an article criticizing Alaska governor Sarah Palin as its draw to dissect what’s wrong with the Republican party. Regardless your opinion of her or about the charges made against Republicans in general, there is an important point about the piece and the choice made by its editor, Jon Meacham, that must be understood.
The author, Rick Perlstein is a “pot, kettle, black” left-wing blogger who spent a great deal of time and effort writing for a liberal site called “Campaign for America’s Future.” One of his “interests” is listed, by him, as “conservative failure.” In 2007, Perlstein wrote, “I’ve just become a proud Fox [News] attacker. Now, you can too. It’s not a boycott. It’s simply calling advertisers and informing them what Fox says. Fox can’t survive that.”
Unfortunately, for all his wishful dissing of FOX, they’re now hauling in the overwhelming majority of ratings as average Americans begin to question what’s really behind all the “hope and change”.
But the point is that Newsweek is posting the work of an opinion writer in the guise of journalism. They aren’t telling you that the “analysis” presented wasn’t done by a reporter, but instead by a self-perceived political pundit with an agenda and an ax to grind.
This is why Newsweek and so many other mainstream publications are gasping in their final death throes. And rightfully so.