The Editor's Desk

I join the list of those who will no longer buy your mag. or support your advertisers as a result of your hiring Rove. It's a bad, almost self-destructive move on your part. There are plenty of honest potential columnists that you could have hired. Most of whom I would disagree with but respect their opinion. You really need to get this message from the public: we are not going to sit back and let you support lies and propaganda.

Rove is spewing 100% bullshit. Full stop. No one believes him anymore.

Rove is spewing 100% bullshit. Full stop. No one believes him anymore.

Newsweek is the only weekly news magazine I read on a regular basis, but after hearing that Karl Rove
will be an occasional columnist, I will no longer read or subscribe to your magazine. Mr. Rove is like a
clever high school or college debater, who seeks to win an argument by dissembling, never by dealing
with facts. I remember those debaters from my own high school days. Winning an argument is not the same as telling the truth and giving him a forum is like prepetuating a lie.

I also will cancel my subscription. It is one thing to try an add to the political conversation by the addition of extreme conservative and liberal commentators, a thing I would truly support for many reasons. But Karl Rove? He's obviously guilty of treason and one of the people responsible for the terrible, selfish, partisan state of this country. Newsweek adding Rove a special columnist only validates his ludicrous view of the country and the world.
Adios Newsweek!

Joe Lorigo
Burbank ,CA

Mr. Meacham:

Your acceptance of Karl Rove as a contributor to Newsweek could very conceivably turn out to be your worst career decision! Without a tinge of exaggeration, Rove is the current American version of Joseph Goebbels. And, I challenge you to disprove this. Lies, distortions, half-truths, muck, insults - these are not the hallmarks of an honest essayist and opinion-maker. Your loss of journalistic credibility will far exceed your reader losses. Contemplating your real motives, I suspect, will remain your little secret.

Roger Warren
Portland, Ore.

What you don't seem to get is that allowing Karl Rove to write for Newsweek will make it a vehicle for the sort of misinformation he excells in.

I WAS A LONG TIME SUBSCRIBER. I CANCELLED MY SUBSCRIPTION ON TUESDAY WHEN NEWSWEEK WITH ROVE'S NAME AT THE TOP CAME IN THE MAIL!

Dear Mr. Meacham,
I have always felt a great deal of respect for you. Of course, in comparison to the sad state of affairs regarding the news media, that's not necessarily a great compliment. But now, after your hiring of Karl Rove, Newsweek will never be in my home again. Why in the world would a respectable news magazine even consider hiring a liar and a crook. He is one of the reasons this great country of ours has lost all credibility and/or respect in the world. Everyone knows this. Sooner or later, thanks to the media it will no doubt be later, Rove will be found guilty of war crimes, lying to federal prosecutors - all of it - more than we, the people, could ever imagine. I'm totally bewildered by your decision. Newsweek will never be on my coffee table again. My heavens, even Larry Flynt wouldn't hire this low-life. How could you???

Dear Mr Meacham,
I am aghast at the thought that you have hired Karl Rove to be a contributor. What in the world are you thinking? Have you gone mad or just forgotten how important journalism is to democracy? There is a tremendous difference between bringing in people who are critical players to give readers a unique insight and those who partake in the kind of tactics that Mr. Rove has a reputation of practicing. You put the American public and the future of our nation at risk when you allow a propagandist such as Mr. Rove the privilege of holding a position in the news media. What???s next? Bringing in a terrorist to give insights into that world and gang members to shed insight on their world by writing occasional columns? Of course there is a place for the information you seek, but in an interview situation, not at the helm where he can continue to influence with the propaganda style of information he has used throughout his tenure at the White House.

Just look at the new accusations by Scott McClellan, ???"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff, and the president himself."

Doesn???t that tell us that Mr. Rove will avoid truth if it fits his purpose? Why would he be any different as a contributor to your publication? Shame on you.

Nancy Dowd, New Jersey

Are the people at Newsweek the only people on earth who have no knowledge of the despicable caracter of Karl Rove?
The dirty tactics that has ruined and continues to ruin lives of ordinary people, the smear campaign, the lying and deceiving?
What a BS story about this mirror... it says nothing of mrs. Clinton but everything about mr. Rove.
Please get rid of him so I won't have to cancel my subscription.

Are the people at Newsweek the only ones on earth who have no knowledge of the evil caracter of Karl Rove?
I won't be spending another euro on your magazine which I normally read with great pleasure.
And what a BS story about this mirror, it says nothing about Mrs. Clinton but everything about Mr. Rove

Newsweek's employment of Karl Rove results in this: No Newsweek in our home, no Newsweek on
our computer screen, ZERO Newsweek anywhere in our lives. You are an insult to decent, law-
abiding Americans!

Tell you what...I'll read Newsweeek again when appended to Karl Rove's commentary is a print-out of his White house e-mails. That way we can judge him for who he really is; a lying, evil modern Machiavelli with a psych profile that would make a first year pyschology student run from him in fear.

Having read a number of the comments below, I heartily agree with their detail and sentiment. Karl Rove represents the scummiest, dirty-tricks adviser in the history of the Presidency. Newsweek, you can either have me as an ongoing reader / subscriber or you can print the lies and deceit of Karl Rove, but you CAN'T have both.

Rove is a talented amoral Machiavellian who makes no "authentic" contribution to any policy debate. Moulitsas is a talented pragmatic ideologue. It sickens me that Newsweek (and others) cannot smell the difference. Lacking the talent of either, all I can do is promise not to renew my subscription.

It is time to switch to Time or US News magazines. Not a nickel to pay to Rove!!!

I sent a similarly disappointed comment like the ones before me in e-mail. It is beyond me why would Newsweek decide to give Rove an outlet in a reputable publication. He is probably the biggest crook among all the political operators alive today. He brought irreparable harm to this nation. Why on earth did you decide to enable him to continue doing harm?

I can't fathom why Newsweek would want to hire someone who has done as much harm to this country as Karl Rove. As far as I can tell, he is a sociopath who has no conscience and no sense of limits when it comes to defeating an opponent. I understand why Hillary Clinton did not laugh at him and his little "joke" about the mirror: there is absolutely nothing funny about Karl Rove. My Newsweek subscription is up soon, and I won't be renewing. I can read George Will and other conservative writers, but Karl Rove is beyond the pale.