The Editor’s Desk

By Jon Meacham | NEWSWEEK
Published Aug 30, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Sep 8, 2008

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  • Posted By: Steven Greene @ 09/05/2008 11:04:25 AM

    I find it odd that the traditional media should be so hostile to Sarah Palin- she is the political equivalent of their own Tim Russert. Origins in small town America, principles and ethics that are not negotiable. Pat Moynihan told Russert not to be intimidated by his Ivy League staffers as " he could learn what they knew, but they could never learn what he knew."

  • Posted By: bb1852 @ 09/03/2008 7:49:13 PM

    I noticed the white strip on the glasses also but it did not bother me. What did bother me was the fact that she was on a couch with a once beautiful, now dead bear. What was she thinking of posing with that? and what was Newsweek thinking in posting it in their magazine? I am not sure yet if I am cancelling my subscription.
    I realize Alaska is like our 'outback' but come on it is 2008!

    Barbara brooks

    • Posted By: MESpeidel @ 09/04/2008 12:05:29 AM

      Have you ever lived in wilderness country and seen the destruction that over population of bears creates? Would you like a garden to grow vegetables for your family to can for the winter? Not with overpopulation of bear & deer. They will consume every last thing.

      Bear are legally hunted for a reason. To keep from overpopulation of the species. People are not allowed to hunt endangered species but the bear does not qualify as such. Go Governor Palin! In 2008 people hunt bear, deer, moose, pheasant, duck, goose, quail,rough grouse, wild turkey and much more. They fish for Walleye, Musky, Perch, Bass,Catfish, Northern Pike, and, again, many more. If you prefer to live in the city and buy your meat and fish from the market that is fine, just do not judge those who choose to live off of the land as our forefathers did. After all it is 2008 and we all have choices to make about our lifestyle.

      • Posted By: bb1852 @ 09/04/2008 8:03:58 PM

        You have not convinced me of anything but some peole just like to kill. I am not judging people by saying I it is unconscionable to pose in a picture of that nature. And from your reply you make it sound like she had to kill this bear for food. And yes, that bear was probably eating her garden also. Bad, bad bear.

  • Posted By: calvin brewer @ 09/04/2008 6:57:03 PM

    Thank you for your in depth profile of Sarah Palin. You convinced me, a life long Democrat, that she is the true choice for change.

  • Posted By: MESpeidel @ 09/03/2008 11:50:02 PM

    I too, like Anthony Manzella, was very disappointed in the cover of the our next President, McCain and Vice-President, Palin. As Editor in Chief, how did you allow the cover with the defaciing white strip go to press? I grew up reading Newsweek and have subscribed on & off all of my adult life. Even though the Newsweek of the past is gone & you have become somewhat left wing I still enjoy reading it- I may now have to reconsider why I subscribe. How could such an historical moment as the first female Rebublican vice-presidential candidate not warrant your full attention to the details of the cover of your magazine?

    Please send me an un-defiled copy of this issue, I am sure that a photo without the white strip exists- did you mean to completely diss Republican subscribers to Newsweek by letting this faulty copy go to print? Reprint the Republican Convention Issue and re-send it to all of your subscribers!
    Thank you,
    Mary E. Speidel

  • Posted By: MESpeidel @ 09/03/2008 11:40:36 PM

    I, like Anthony Manzella, am very disappointed in your cover photo of our Next President , McCain, and his Vice-President, Palin. How did you, as Editor in Chief, allow a faulty cover like that go to press? This is the first women ever nominated by the Republican party and Newsweek did not see fit to edit the cover photo! I grew up reading Newsweek and, although it has become a somewhat left wing publication, I still enjoy reading it but if you can't get this historic cover right I may need to re-think why I subscribe once again. As a subscriber I would like a clean copy of this edition of Newsweek without the defacing white strip across Governor Palin's face! The numbers on my label are: #NWM0260482674/7#38 13APR09
    Mary E. Speidel

  • Posted By: anthony manzella @ 09/02/2008 7:42:52 PM

    My wife and I were disappointed with your cover photo of McCain and Palin. You had a perfect photo of Obama and Biden. Your photo of McCain and Palin had a white strip over her eye glasses. That fact made the photo look bizarre. Why did you allow that to happen? It forces readers to opine that you are either in the tank for Obama or that you are sexist--or both. We are cancelling our subscription.

    Mr. Anthony Manzella
    Los Angeles

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