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The People-ization of the Newsweeklies |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / MEDIA IN REVIEW |
| Author: Brant Clifton and Steven Kaminski |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 2,408 Words, 14,475 Characters |
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"I must say that I was struck by the expanse of their chests. They may have to put out their stats." Quick, who said that? Was it a People magazine writer discussing the finalists for "Sexiest Man Alive"? Sadly, it was not. That was Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, on CNN's Inside Politics, commenting on Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton and his running mate, Sen. Al Gore. The once prestigious newsweeklies, Time and Newsweek, have evolved from serious, extended coverage of the news to tabloids with the liberal editorial style of Mother Jones and the intellectual content of the National Enquirer.
In the October 17, 1988, issue of Time, Managing Editor Henry Muller told readers of the magazine's plans "to better serve the needs of busy, curious intelligent readers." Muller wrote t...
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...ew administration and President who share their liberal views. Time Associate Editor Walter Shapiro, interviewed in the September 1 Washington Post by Howard Kurtz, said it best: "The lure is the midnight phone call, the walk in the Rose Garden, being on a first name basis with the President, getting the invites to state dinners . . . It's wanting to be Ben Bradlee to Clinton's Jack Kennedy."
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