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The Spectacle Blog
Back in the Stone Age of 2010, we wrote of Newsweek and the canary in the coal mine. In short, we said Newsweek magazine was “gasping for financial breath.”
And now?
Our friends at Newsmax have now officially reported the inevitable: Newsweek — the print version — is dead. Dead as the proverbial doornail.
Why?
Multiples of reasons, some of which we discussed back in the Stone Age of 2010. But in sum?
Liberalism is dying. This is Bob Tyrrell’s point in The Death of Liberalism.
Make no mistake: Newsweek was struggling for two reasons: the Internet — and the self-inflicted wounds of American liberalism. In part — Newsweek killed itself.
Just to note?
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Fox News are doing just fine.
But Newsweek? The print version? The magazine that thought there was a huge audience in mocking Sarah Palin by picturing her on the cover in hot pants with the American flag with the headline, “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?”
That Newsweek is now officially dead.
And Sarah Palin — not to mention the conservative movement — is alive and thriving.
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Reggie Love| 7.26.12 @ 9:18AM
Newsweak was always awful.
solidground| 7.26.12 @ 10:04AM
Couldn't happen to a nicer comic book pretending to be a news magazine.
Bob Grant| 7.26.12 @ 10:32AM
So Newspeak Magazine goes full digital. Winston Smith would make a good managing editor.
Joe Carter| 7.26.12 @ 10:39AM
Is it possible for Jeffrey Lord to write a post in which he doesn't kiss up to Rush Limbaugh?
Bob Grant| 7.26.12 @ 10:49AM
He's simply stating a fact.
Do you have a problem with the truth? If so, then maybe you should save your comments for NewspeakMagazine.com.
aware| 7.26.12 @ 2:56PM
What do you think echo chambers are for, Joe?
Brad| 7.26.12 @ 10:28PM
They're for you progtards to get together to insure you're reading from the same talking points.
aware| 7.27.12 @ 6:02AM
Neo cons are easy to identify. Whenever a criticism comes from the far right, they call it "progressive" or "leftist".
soljerblue| 7.26.12 @ 10:05PM
whatta you care?
William R| 7.26.12 @ 11:27AM
You're an idiot Lord. Liberalism isn't dying. As demographics change and Texas becomes Hispanic like California it will be next to impossible to elect a conservative President. California used to be Reagan country. Now it is Barbara Boxer Barry Hussein country.
If Republicans are going to survive as a party then they must move in Ron Paul's direction. His message crosses ethnic lines.
JP| 7.26.12 @ 3:31PM
The surge of Hispanics entering the US either legally or illegally peaked circa 1998-2006. Mexico and South American birth rates peaked many decades ago, and are plunging as we speak. Mexico's birthrate was 6.1 in 1968; today it is 2.4 live births per female. At its current rate, Mexico will fall below replacement levels by 2020. In short, the number of young people in Mexico is falling (and it is primairily the young who emigrate). Mexico, like many nations will have a surplus of older people and a dearth of younger ones.
And as far as younger Mexicans living in the US, it is normally the first generation of Mexicans that have the most children (usually about 3.6 per female). By the 2nd generation it falls to around 2.1. Third generation Mexicans have about as few children as whites and blacks (1.7 to 1.8 children).
Since 2008, the number of Hispanics living in the US has dropped over 1 million. And with a GDP growing at a rate of 4.8%, Hispanics will have fewer reasons to leave their nation. The only thing that would attract them here are entitlements. But, that will be coming to and end here soon, as the bankruptcy of our government finally hits.
The problem isn't that we have too many Hispanics. Its that Caucasians and Blacks, and Asians do not reproduce enough.
William R| 7.26.12 @ 11:46PM
You're delusional. Facts are facts. Hispanics will control Texas in 15 years. Once Texas goes so does the Republican party.
Marco2| 7.26.12 @ 10:03PM
OMG, I thought the Paulinistas had crawled back under their rocks (or down to momma's basement) after losing 237 primaries and coming up a 1,000 delegates short. Let's see, drug-crazed anti-semitism coupled with a barter system economy, now that's the ticket to the future!
William R| 7.26.12 @ 11:47PM
You're a bigger loser than Jeffrey Lord. When all fails, throw the Jew card.
Occam's Tool| 7.27.12 @ 1:50PM
Let me know when Texas starts becoming real Liberal, this TCU alum asks.
Occam's Tool| 7.26.12 @ 4:38PM
Secularism is a belief that does not breed to replacement.
MJ| 7.26.12 @ 5:53PM
Liberalism died decades ago in terms of any intellectual or policy value. But the corpse can keep moving and killing, zombie-like, as long as enough voters and enough monied campaign contributors still believe--decades at least. Newsweek died not for lack of liberals in an absolute sense, but because the market is saturated---there are so many liberal-leaning competitors it could not carve out a viable market share. But the remaining liberals, plus those others too disengaged or lazy or ignorant to notice their bankruptcy, still support CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, NYT, WaPo, Gannett, Time and a host of other utterly vacuous liberal and influential news-media outlets. Look at their total market compared to the arguably more conservative outlets and you won't be so sanguine.
PCPSmokerII| 7.26.12 @ 10:01PM
To think they once has Ralph DeToledano on the payroll. Good riddance. Another liberal bites the dust.
soljerblue| 7.26.12 @ 10:04PM
Let's hope the damn rag doesn't return like Marley's ghost
Controse| 7.27.12 @ 11:24AM
My God I've got a collectors item. A Newsweek with a rather plain Jane picture of Gov. Palin (not easy to do) with the headline "I Can Win." At almost six bucks a pop I'm sure they didn't sell many of them.
Grzmlyk| 7.27.12 @ 12:21PM
Sorry I'm late to this party. I agree with William above, regardless of his point about Texas. If anybody thinks liberalism is dying because the Internet has replaced print, they are delusional.
How is NPR doing? How about all the liberal Web sites that proliferate? Have NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times or any other major newspaper moved right? Yes, their circulations are dying - so is that of "conservative" newspapers.
You are witnessing a paradigm shift in technology, not ideology.
I will bet you worthless dollars to doughnuts that Romney will simply kick the can down the road (and, if liberalism were dead, how did Romney become our de facto nominee in the first place?). He will play around at the margins, but do you think he will cut government as much as it needs to be cut to avoid default?
No, he will be a bug on the windshield of the Liberal Status Quo, and, as in Greece, he will be pilloried for even proposing modest cuts. And the economy will continue to slide under his stewardship, which will mean a return to a Democrat president in 2016.
Grzmlyk| 7.27.12 @ 12:22PM
To posit, as you and Tyrell have, that Americans weaned on socialist propaganda and fattened like veal to become fodder for the State will suddenly become self sufficient - well, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I think you might want to buy.
(Part Two)
We are in the throes of a liberal-authored death spiral. And as JFK Jr. could tell you, what happens in a death spiral is that you accelerate before you crash. That's what's happening - it is the OPPOSITE of a conservative revolution.
Ocmulgee| 7.27.12 @ 6:19PM
In fact, the Newsweek cover of Sarah Palin in running gear was the only bright spot in the long twilight of that liberal fishwrapper. Good riddance.