Newsweek Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===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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