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Those passed over included [[Elizabeth Peer]], who had spent five years in Paris as a foreign correspondent.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|title=The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of ''Newsweek'' Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace|year=2013|author=Lynn Povich|isbn=978-1610393263|publisher=PublicAffairs | pages=4–5|author-link=Lynn Povich}}</ref> The 1986 cover of ''Newsweek'' featured an article that said "women who weren't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband".<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |last=Magistad |first=Mary Kay |date=February 20, 2013 |title=China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27 |work=[[BBC News]] |location=Beijing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21320560 |access-date=March 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410192314/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21320560 |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-01-28/china-investing-big-convincing-leftover-women-get-married|title=China investing big in convincing 'leftover women' to get married|publisher=[[Public Radio International]]|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232848/http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-01-28/china-investing-big-convincing-leftover-women-get-married|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' eventually apologized for the story and in 2010 launched a study that discovered 2 in 3 women who were 40 and single in 1986 had married since.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="NWA">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newsweek.com/marriage-numbers-110991|title=Marriage by the Numbers|magazine=Newsweek|date=July 5, 2006|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223501/http://www.newsweek.com/marriage-numbers-110991|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The story caused a "wave of anxiety" and some "skepticism" amongst professional and highly educated women in the United States.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="NWA" /> The article was cited several times in the 1993 [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' starring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Meg Ryan]].<ref name="BBC" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/04/2355175.htm|title=Marriage statistics not without a hitch|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=September 4, 2008|author=Karl S. Kruszelnicki|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213227/http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/04/2355175.htm|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Comparisons have been made with this article and the current rising issues surrounding the social stigma of unwed women in Asia called ''[[sheng nu]]''.<ref name=BBC /> [[File:20091123 Newsweek Palin Cover.png|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Controversial ''Newsweek'' cover, November 23, 2009, issue]] <!-- !!Do not re-add this image or remove this line without proper rationale!! [[File:MICHELE BACHMANN NEWSWEEK.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Controversial ''Newsweek'' cover, August 15, 2011, issue]] !!Do not re-add this image or remove this line without proper rationale!! --> Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee [[Sarah Palin]] was featured on the cover of the November 23, 2009, issue of ''Newsweek'', with the caption "How do you Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" featuring an image of Palin in athletic attire and posing. Palin herself, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and other commentators accused ''Newsweek'' of [[sexism]] for their choice of cover in the November 23, 2009 issue discussing Palin's book, ''[[Going Rogue: An American Life]]''. "It's sexist as hell", wrote Lisa Richardson for the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>"[http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/11/newsweeks-sexism-and-sarah-palin.html ''Newsweek''{{'s}} sexism and Sarah Palin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121024019/http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/11/newsweeks-sexism-and-sarah-palin.html |date=November 21, 2009 }}." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> [[Taylor Marsh]] of ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' called it "the worst case of pictorial sexism aimed at political character assassination ever done by a traditional media outlet".<ref>Marsh, Taylor. "[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/what-was-newsweek-thinkin_b_362086.html What Was Newsweek Thinking?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129222751/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/what-was-newsweek-thinkin_b_362086.html |date=November 29, 2009 }}" ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. November 18, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> David Brody of [[CBN News]] stated: "This cover should be insulting to women politicians."<ref>Brody, David. "[http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/11/16/newsweek-photo-of-palin-shows-media-bias-and-sexism.aspx Newsweek Photo of Palin Shows Media Bias and Sexism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119025550/http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/11/16/newsweek-photo-of-palin-shows-media-bias-and-sexism.aspx |date=November 19, 2009 }}." ''[[CBN News]]''. November 16, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> The cover includes a photo of Palin used in the August 2009 issue of ''[[Runner's World]]''.<ref>Snead, Elizabeth. "[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/11/sarah-palin-hates-her-newsweek-cover-really-1.html Sarah Palin hates her 'sexist' Newsweek cover. Does she really?]" ''[[Zap2it]]''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120175415/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/11/sarah-palin-hates-her-newsweek-cover-really-1.html |date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref><ref>Clift, Eleanor. "[http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/16/payback-time-why-right-wing-men-rush-to-palin-s-defense.aspx Payback Time: Why Right-Wing Men Rush to Palin's Defense]." ''Newsweek''. Monday November 16, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119051635/http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/16/payback-time-why-right-wing-men-rush-to-palin-s-defense.aspx |date=November 19, 2009 }}</ref><ref>"[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091117/pl_ynews/ynews_pl984 Palin angered by 'sexist' Newsweek cover]." ''[[Yahoo! News]]''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120195341/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091117/pl_ynews/ynews_pl984 |date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> The photographer may have breached his contract with ''Runner's World'' when he permitted its use in ''Newsweek'', as ''Runner's World'' maintained certain rights to the photo until August 2010. It is uncertain, however, whether this particular use of the photo was prohibited.<ref>Bercovici, Jeff. "[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/19244906/ Palin photographer breached contract with sale to Newsweek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322201259/http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/19244906/|date=March 22, 2010}}." ''[[Daily Finance]]''. November 18, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> Minnesota Republican Congresswoman and presidential candidate [[Michele Bachmann]] was featured on the cover of ''Newsweek'' magazine in August 2011, dubbed "the Queen of Rage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60941.html |title=Michele Bachmann's Newsweek outtakes – Maggie Haberman |work=Politico |access-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014110034/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60941.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The photo of her was perceived as unflattering, as it portrayed her with a wide eyed expression some said made her look "crazy".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/newsweeks-michele-bachman_n_920860.html | work=[[HuffPost]] | first=Jack | last=Mirkinson | title=''Newsweek''{{'s}} Michele Bachmann Cover Raises Eyebrows (PHOTO, POLL) | date=August 8, 2011 | access-date=August 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929232012/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/newsweeks-michele-bachman_n_920860.html | archive-date=September 29, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> Conservative commentator [[Michelle Malkin]] called the depiction "sexist",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/michele-bachmann-newsweek-cover/2011/08/08/gIQAPpUc2I_blog.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| date=August 9, 2011| title=Newsweek Michele Bachmann cover 'sexist' and in bad form?| access-date=September 6, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014051815/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/michele-bachmann-newsweek-cover/2011/08/08/gIQAPpUc2I_blog.html| archive-date=October 14, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> and Sarah Palin denounced the publication. ''Newsweek'' defended the cover's depiction of her, saying its other photos of Bachmann showed similar intensity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/09/bachmann-newsweek-cover-goes-for-insult-but-gets-criticism-in-return/ | publisher=Fox News | title=Bachmann Newsweek Cover Goes for Insult But Gets Criticism in Return | date=August 9, 2011 | access-date=August 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816035442/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/09/bachmann-newsweek-cover-goes-for-insult-but-gets-criticism-in-return/ | archive-date=August 16, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> === Factual errors === Unlike most large American magazines, ''Newsweek'' has not used fact-checkers since 1996. In 1997, the magazine was forced to recall several hundred thousand copies of a special issue called ''Your Child'', which advised that infants as young as five months old could safely feed themselves [[zwieback]] toasts and chunks of raw carrot (to the contrary, both represent a choking hazard in children this young). The error was later attributed to a copy editor who was working on two stories at the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/newsweek-ditched-its-fact-checkers-1996-then-made-major-error|title=Newsweek ditched its fact-checkers in 1996, then made a major error|website=Poynter|language=en|access-date=September 9, 2018|date=August 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014608/https://www.poynter.org/news/newsweek-ditched-its-fact-checkers-1996-then-made-major-error|archive-date=September 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''Newsweek'' published a story claiming that the First Lady of Poland refused to shake U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s hand; ''[[Snopes]]'' described the assertion as "false".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-first-lady-trump-handshake/|title=FACT CHECK: Did Poland's First Lady 'Refuse' to Shake President Trump's Hand?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128171530/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-first-lady-trump-handshake/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' corrected its story.<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, ''Newsweek'' ran a story asserting that President Trump had wrongly colored the American flag while visiting a classroom; ''Snopes'' was unable to corroborate the photographic evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/|title=FACT CHECK: Did President Trump Incorrectly Color the American Flag?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326030045/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that the [[Sweden Democrats]], a far-right party, could win a majority in the 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections. Polls showed that the party was far away from winning a majority. By September 2018, ''Newsweek''{{'s}} inaccurate article was still up.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180907/sweden-election-misreported-abroad|title=Sweden's election is being misreported abroad – and this is a problem|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2018|website=[[The Local]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908125540/https://www.thelocal.se/20180907/sweden-election-misreported-abroad|archive-date=September 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' journalists have expressed criticism of the editorial quality of its reporting since its change in ownership in 2013. In 2018, former ''Newsweek'' journalist [[Jonathan Alter]] wrote in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that since being sold to the ''International Business Times'' in 2013 the magazine had "produced some strong journalism and plenty of clickbait before becoming a painful embarrassment to anyone who toiled there in its golden age".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/|title=The Death of Newsweek|last=Alter|first=Jonathan|date=February 8, 2018|work=The Atlantic|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909222148/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/|archive-date=September 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Former ''Newsweek'' writer Matthew Cooper criticized ''Newsweek'' for running multiple inaccurate stories in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/from-expensing-a-yacht-to-chasing-the-onion-i-watched-newsweek-die-from-the-inside-216948|title=From Expensing Yachts to Chasing The Onion: I Watched the Newsweekly Die From the Inside|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221758/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/from-expensing-a-yacht-to-chasing-the-onion-i-watched-newsweek-die-from-the-inside-216948|archive-date=September 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, during the [[Mahsa Amini protests]] in Iran, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that Iran had ordered the execution of over 15,000 protesters. The claim was widely shared on social media, including by actresses [[Trudie Styler]], [[Sophie Turner]] and [[Viola Davis]], and Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]]. The number was actually derived from estimates from a United Nations human rights rapporteur and other human rights organizations of how many people were detained in Iran in connection with the protests, and ''Newsweek'' retracted the underlying claim leading to the inference that the people faced a death sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kochhar |first=Nikita |date=November 15, 2022 |title=False: Iran issues mass execution of over 15,000 protesters detained amid anti-Hijab protests. |url=https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-iran-issues-mass-execution-of-over-15-000-protesters-amid-anti-hijab-protests |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=[[Logically (company)|Logically]] |language=en-gb |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315154001/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-iran-issues-mass-execution-of-over-15-000-protesters-amid-anti-hijab-protests |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goggin |first=Ben |date=November 16, 2022 |title=False claim about Iran protester executions goes viral with help from celebrities and politicians |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/iran-protesters-death-sentencing-viral-verify-iran-rcna57261 |access-date=2022-11-17 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117005108/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/iran-protesters-death-sentencing-viral-verify-iran-rcna57261 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that a viral video of U.S. senator [[Tommy Tuberville]] falling down a flight of stairs while exiting an airplane had been recorded that month. The reporting by ''Newsweek'' drew comparisons to Tuberville's criticism of President [[Joe Biden]] similarly tripping on stairways. In reality, the video highlighted by ''Newsweek'' was filmed in 2014, nine years prior, before Tuberville's tenure as senator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/politics/2023/10/that-viral-video-of-tommy-tuberville-falling-down-stairs-its-not-what-you-think.html|title=That viral video of Tommy Tuberville falling down stairs? It's not what you think|last=Koplowitz|first=Howard|work=AL.com|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-date=October 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013212349/https://www.al.com/politics/2023/10/that-viral-video-of-tommy-tuberville-falling-down-stairs-its-not-what-you-think.html|url-status=live}}</ref> === 2018 investigation and firings === The [[Manhattan District Attorney]]'s office raided ''Newsweek''<nowiki/>'s headquarters in [[Lower Manhattan]] on January 18, 2018, and seized 18 computer servers as part of an investigation related to the company's finances.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/media/newsweek-firings.html|title=Newsweek Fires Editors and Reporter Who Investigated the Company|last=Astor|first=Maggie|date=February 5, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 21, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401001250/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/media/newsweek-firings.html|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> IBT, which owned ''Newsweek'' at the time, had been under scrutiny for its ties to [[David Jang]],<ref name=":3" /> a South Korean pastor and the leader of a Christian sect called "the Community".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/|title=Why are Newsweek's new owners so anxious to hide their ties to an enigmatic religious figure?|last=Dooley|first=Ben|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029235129/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/|archive-date=October 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2018, under IBT ownership, several ''Newsweek'' staff were fired and some resigned stating that management had tried to interfere in articles about the investigations.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theoutline.com/post/3250/newsweek-editors-fired|title=What the hell is going on at Newsweek?|last=Valle|first=Gaby Del|website=The Outline|language=en|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221073210/https://theoutline.com/post/3250/newsweek-editors-fired|archive-date=December 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Cooper |first=Matthew |user=mattizcoop |number=960612455876612096 |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Newsweek chaos: @Hadas_Gold on the @Newsweek fallout, including my resignation. https://t.co/DLpH7zsRdk. My letter below. https://t.co/gMdjrnFpVl |language=en |access-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506092309/https://twitter.com/mattizcoop/status/960612455876612096 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> ===Other=== [[Fareed Zakaria]], a ''Newsweek'' columnist and editor of ''Newsweek International'', attended a secret meeting on November 29, 2001, with a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations that produced a report for President [[George W. Bush]] and his cabinet outlining a strategy for dealing with Afghanistan and the Middle East in the aftermath of [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]]. The meeting was held at the request of [[Paul Wolfowitz|Paul D. Wolfowitz]], then the [[Deputy Secretary of Defense]]. The unusual presence of journalists, who also included [[Robert D. Kaplan]] of ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', at such a strategy meeting was revealed in [[Bob Woodward]]'s 2006 book ''[[State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III]]''. Woodward reported in his book that, according to Kaplan, everyone at the meeting signed confidentiality agreements not to discuss what happened. Zakaria told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that he attended the meeting for several hours but did not recall being told that a report for the president would be produced.<ref name="NYT_Bosman">Julie Bosman. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/business/media/09zakaria.html "Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722054437/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/business/media/09zakaria.html |date=July 22, 2016 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. October 9, 2006.</ref> On October 21, 2006, after verification, the ''Times'' published a correction that stated: <blockquote>An article in Business Day on Oct. 9 about journalists who attended a secret meeting in November 2001 called by Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense, referred incorrectly to the participation of Fareed Zakaria, the editor of ''Newsweek International'' and a ''Newsweek'' columnist. Mr. Zakaria was not told that the meeting would produce a report for the Bush administration, nor did his name appear on the report.<ref name="NYT_Bosman" /></blockquote> The cover story of the January 15, 2015, issue, titled "What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women" proved controversial, due to both its illustration, described as "the cartoon of a faceless female in spiky red heels, having her dress lifted up by a [[Cursor (computing)|cursor]] arrow", and its content, described as "a 5,000-word article on the creepy, sexist culture of the tech industry".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Burleigh|first=Nina|date=January 28, 2015|title=What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/06/what-silicon-valley-thinks-women-302821.html|journal=Newsweek|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321113800/http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/06/what-silicon-valley-thinks-women-302821.html|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="grove201501">{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/29/is-newsweek-s-red-heels-cover-image-sexist.html|title=Is ''Newsweek''{{'s}} 'Red Heels' Cover Image Sexist?|last=Grove|first=Lloyd|date=January 29, 2015|work=Daily Beast|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326071432/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/29/is-newsweek-s-red-heels-cover-image-sexist.html|archive-date=March 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Among those offended by the cover were ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'' co-host [[Tamron Hall]], who commented "I think it's obscene and just despicable, honestly." ''Newsweek'' editor-in-chief James Impoco explained "We came up with an image that we felt represented what that story said about Silicon Valley ... If people get angry, they should be angry."<ref name=grove201501/> The article's author, [[Nina Burleigh]], asked, "Where were all these offended people when women like [[Heidi Roizen]] published accounts of having a venture capitalist stick her hand in his pants under a table while a deal was being discussed?"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/artist-behind-newsweek-cover/|title=Artist behind Newsweek cover: it's not sexist, it depicts the ugliness of sexism|last=Tam|first=Ruth|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015|publisher=PBS NewsHour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321192906/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/artist-behind-newsweek-cover/|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1998, ''Newsweek'' reporter [[Michael Isikoff]] was the first reporter to investigate allegations of a sexual relationship between U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Monica Lewinsky]], but the editors [[Spike (journalism)|spiked]] the story.<ref name="BBC19980125">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/clinton_scandal/50031.stm|title=Scandalous scoop breaks online|date=January 25, 1998|publisher=BBC|access-date=July 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021921/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/clinton_scandal/50031.stm|archive-date=July 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The story soon surfaced online in the [[Drudge Report]]. In the [[2008 U.S. presidential election]], the [[John McCain]] campaign wrote a lengthy letter to the editor criticizing a cover story in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/136572|title=The O-Team: A Response|date=May 11, 2008|work=Newsweek|access-date=December 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406084502/http://www.newsweek.com/id/136572|archive-date=April 6, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2019, journalist Tareq Haddad said he resigned from ''Newsweek'' when it refused to publish his story about documents published by [[WikiLeaks]] concerning the [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]]' report into the 2018 [[Douma chemical attack]]. Haddad said his information was inconvenient to the U.S. government which had retaliated after the chemical attack. A ''Newsweek'' spokesperson responded that Haddad "pitched a conspiracy theory rather than an idea for objective reporting. ''Newsweek'' editors rejected the pitch."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dorman |first1=Sam |title=Newsweek reporter quits, claiming outlet 'suppressed' story on global chemical weapons watchdog |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/newsweek-reporter-tareq-haddad-quits |access-date=January 5, 2020 |publisher=Fox News |date=December 7, 2019 |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106151836/https://www.foxnews.com/media/newsweek-reporter-tareq-haddad-quits |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2022, ''Recorder'' published an investigation on press financing in Romania by the political parties in government. In the investigation, ''Newsweek Romania'' has been accused of being paid €8000 per month (€3000 by PSD and €5000 by PNL<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/newsweek-ataca-recorder-20860459|access-date=November 23, 2022|title=Presa plătită de partide, atac la Recorder după investigaţia zilei|trans-title=The news organisations paid by political parties, the attack on Recorder after the investigation of the day|language=ro|date=September 16, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123121238/https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/newsweek-ataca-recorder-20860459|url-status=live}}</ref>) to publish positive articles about the government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-o-investigatie-in-contabilitatea-presei-de-partid/|title=PREȚUL TĂCERII. O investigație în contabilitatea presei de partid|trans-title=THE PRICE OF SILENCE. A probe into the partisan media's accounts|language=ro|access-date=November 23, 2022|date=September 14, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123112616/https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-o-investigatie-in-contabilitatea-presei-de-partid/|url-status=live}}</ref> After the publication of the investigation, ''Newsweek'' Romania published a investigation about ''Recorder''{{'}}s owner who is the son of a former communist ambassador and also a nephew of a former KGB general.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsweek.ro/investigatii/mogulii-din-umbra-un-ambasador-comunist-garantat-de-predoiu-de-la-sie-omul-din-spatele-recorder/|title=Mogulii din umbră. Un ambasador comunist, garantat de Predoiu de la SIE - omul din spatele Recorder|trans-title=Shadow Moguls. A communist ambassador, guaranteed by Predoiu from SIE - the man behind Recorder|language=ro|access-date=September 22, 2023|date=November 27, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014231326/https://newsweek.ro/investigatii/mogulii-din-umbra-un-ambasador-comunist-garantat-de-predoiu-de-la-sie-omul-din-spatele-recorder|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Recorder'''s journalists responded by accusing ''Newsweek'' Romania of denigrating them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-si-pretul-adevarului-cum-am-ajuns-sa-fim-linsati-de-presa-platita-de-partide/|title=Prețul tăcerii și prețul adevărului. Cum am ajuns să fim linșați de presa plătită de partide|trans-title=The price of silence and the price of truth. How we came to be lynched by the party-paid press|language=ro|access-date=September 25, 2022|date=September 15, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926003535/https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-si-pretul-adevarului-cum-am-ajuns-sa-fim-linsati-de-presa-platita-de-partide/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] reported that ''Newsweek'' has "taken a marked [[Radical right (United States)|radical right]] turn by buoying extremists and promoting authoritarian leaders" since it hired political activist [[Josh B. Hammer|Josh Hammer]] as [[Editor-at-large|editor at large]], noting its elevation of [[conspiracy theorists]], its publication of conspiracy theories about [[COVID-19]] and bigoted views such as support for a ban on all legal immigration to the United States and apparent support for denying adults access to [[Transgender health care|trans-affirming medical care]], and failure to disclose potential [[Conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] in the content published on Hammer's opinion section and podcast.<ref name="SPLC">{{Cite web |last=Hayden |first=Michael Edison |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Newsweek Embraces the Anti-Democracy Hard Right |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/04/newsweek-embraces-anti-democracy-hard-right |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |language=en |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106005834/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/04/newsweek-embraces-anti-democracy-hard-right |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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