Newsweek to Become Truthy
Stephen Colbert has been named first guest editor for the recently redesigned magazine in the title’s 76-year-history. Editor Jon Meacham was “just very impressed with the range of his knowledge” and “almost encyclopedic feel for anything that came up” after the two ate lunch together.
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Some might bemoan this as yet another demeaning genuflection of political journalism before entertainment. But before they do, let me note the crawl I saw on CNN at 4:27 pm yesterday:
OCTOMOM SLAMS KATE GOSSELIN.1
By comparison, a Colbert-edited issue of Newsweek is pretty much The Federalist Papers.
1 If you must.
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By comparison, a Colbert-edited edition of Newsweek is pretty much The Federalist Papers.
Most of the time when people comment with a “lol” they don’t mean it literally, but in this case I most certainly did laugh out loud. Thanks for making my morning better.
Posted by: Jim | June 4, 2009 08:42 AM