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Newsweek

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Newsweek is a weekly newsmagazine, started in 1933. It is perhaps most famous for its now-debunked article[1] about an incident at Guantanamo Bay in which a Koran was allegedly flushed down the toilet. The story was eventually proved false, and Newsweek was harshly criticized for it.

Example of propaganda, with an un-presidential photo and a lead headline in a purported "news magazine": "She's bad news for the GOP--and everybody else, too." The goal is to give Palin opponents ammunition to fight her popularity. Newsweek issue dated Nov. 23, 2009

The criticism stemmed from the fact that Newsweek enjoys a nationwide audience and some degree of respect as a member of the Mainstream Media, and as such is expected to maintain a certain level of factual accuracy.

The Washington Post Company announced on May 5, 2010 that it is putting Newsweek up for sale because the company can foresee no path to profitability for the money-losing magazine. The Post's magazine group, of which Newsweek is the biggest piece, lost $29.3 million in 2009 after losing $16.1 million the previous year.[2]

August 2010, Newsweek was sold to the Harmann family for $1.[3] In July 2012, investor Barry Diller claims that Newsweek will eventually transition to an online only publication.[4]

War propaganda

See also: Russia-Ukraine war and Ukrainian propaganda war

Lyudmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, was fired when no evidence could be found of her allegations of 400 instances of mass rape by Russian soldiers.[5] 238 Members of Parliament voted her out. Denisova was accused of failing to perform her duties and in particular of spreading fake news and propaganda about atrocities supposedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine. Such actions only served to tarnish Ukraine’s image, MPs argued. Other complaints were that Denisova had failed to organize humanitarian corridors and POW exchanges.[6]

The fake news stories stemming from high ranking Ukrainian officials were widely disseminated by TIME magazine, CNN, Newsweek and other fake news sources.[7]

Newsweek magazine however, was the first major Western propaganda organ to reveal that the much vaunted HIMAR systems, M777 Howitzers, and other sophisticated weaponry were operated, not by Ukrainian forces, but rather by Western alliance contractors.[8] NATO troops resigned their commissions with the NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the United States, Poland, Romania, the UK, Canada and others, immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the U.S. Congress, and then donned Ukrainian uniforms.

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References

  1. Debunking another Gitmo myth
  2. Washington Post Co. puts Newsweek magazine up for sale
  3. Influential Newsweek Magazine Sold for $1 To CFR’s Super-Rich, Pro-Israel Harman Couple, August 16, 2010
  4. Newsweek Magazine To End Print Edition, NewsMax, July 25, 2012
  5. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-31/card/ukraine-s-parliament-dismisses-human-rights-chief-1kQWT7i0GHXyeqh6spRe
  6. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/rape-allegations-against-russian-troops-in-ukraine-were-fake.html#more
  7. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-fires-human-rights-chief-perpetuating-russian-troop-systematic-rape-stories
  8. https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992