I See Your Markos Moulitsas, And I Raise You a...KARL ROVE?

Sometimes, news releases really don't need any comment:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, November 15, 2007

KARL ROVE TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR

New York--Karl Rove, the former White House deputy chief of staff, will become a Newsweek contributor, offering occasional opinion pieces to the pages of the magazine and to Newsweek.com.

"Newsweek has a long tradition of asking practitioners and opinion-makers to offer our readers the benefits of their experience in occasional opinion essays," said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham. "Whether one agrees or disagrees with Karl, there is no arguing that he has been a critical player in the political world with insights and experiences that we think will give our readers something unique. A great recent example is George Stephanopoulos, who did terrific work for us after he left the Clinton White House in the second term."

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Meacham is getting very good at writing pre-emptively defensive press release copy. Though we think Bill O'Reilly will be okay with this one.

Related:
Newsweek Taps Kos As '08 Kontributor [ETP]

Update from Howie Kurtz:
Karl Rove's New Gig [WaPo]

(NB: For better or for worse, this is the image I now associate with Karl Rove, thanks to one of the most inexplicably popular posts I ever did at FishbowlNY. Come on, people, I had to spice up Plamegate somehow. Yes, if only Valerie Plame Wilson had looked good in photos.)

Related:
Rove dances the dance of a thousand hippos, or something [FishbowlNY]

Comments

[ImperialEagle]

So much for Newsweek's credibility.

[clintonius]

Bravo NewsWEAK..­.let's hire a sociopath and pay him money to spread lies and fear.

[calfman]

what do you expect from corporate news media? you think newsweek gives a fuck about truth?

this is just another kick in the gut to all working americans who find themselves keeled over in pain already.. newsweek could give a fuck about you and me, don't you know that by now?

still the same, fuck newsweek for giving the country the finger with this despicable move, and fuck this this fat ass motherfucking ugly waste of human dna who needs to be on trial in the hauge for war crimes and in the u.s. for any number of voting fraud inpopriaties thus screwing up my country and the rest of the world for generations to come.

i don't know why people are so stupid to buy crappy ass corporate news mags anyway.

[forpeace]

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"Karl Rove To Become Newsweek Contributor"

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[shep2020]

6/22/05 Manhattan, NY
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers" - Karl Rove

This quote exemplifies Rove's venality and cynicism; the man will say & do anything to gain political advantage.

That Newsweek seeks to better itself by including opinion essays from a liars liar like Rove, indicates their editors are much more interested in generating heat then light.

Apparently their sense of journalistic duty now only extends to increasing market share.

Whats next, a centerfold?

I think the opinion essays should include a mix of thoughtful, reality-based liberals, centrists & conservatives; it makes for a healthy dialectic.

Divisive liars, no matter what their political allegiance do a disservice to all of us.

Let's hope this blows up in Newsweeks face; I for one, don't intend to pick up that rag again any time soon.

[workingboy]

calm down, it was taking the job at newsweak or making sex tapes, and well, y'know. newsweak, sadly, has been become irrelevant; issue after issue, substance becomes less. perhaps they'll employ jeff gannon to write an Advice column and rev. ted to pen a Faith column.

[McSnarky]

Oh well, guess I'll switch to Time.

[azhiker]

I told my wife in 04 that "News weak" was turning into a RepubliCON rag so we cancelled our subscription. How sweet it is to be proven right to my wife!!! On off weeks, "News weak" will have writing from Adolph Hitler so they can "continue asking practitioners and opinion-makers to offer our readers the benefits of their experience".

Not on my dime you won't. "News weak" makes great paper to use when you are stripping furniture, otherwise, no use except to start the fireplace.

[BWonka]

Haven't been a regular reader of Newsweek and this certainly won't get me to read it mor often.

But Rove? From the President's right-hand man to an occaisional contributor? LOL - how far the 'mighty' have fallen!

[DuffyJames]

Hired because Rove can fairly and objectively report and comment on issues? Cancel my subscription to Newsweek.

[pleeezzze]

Why would any kind of NEWS, give any kind of outlet to CRIMINAL KARL ROVE ??????

Newsweek is an UNAMERICAN ORGANIZATION !!!!

[Beaux510]

So 'Kos is ok but Rove isn't? Sounds like "Fair and Balanced" to me. Two sides of the same bad penny. They're both shit.

Newsweek should put their columns on the same page.

This is the journalistic equivalent of Jumping The Shark.

[cultkicker]

I'll never touch a copy again. Eat shit Newsweek..­. may you fail miserably with Rove on your payroll. The nazis are taking over the media.

[MilwaukeeMike]

Why not the Editor?

[eastearll]

Karl got his guy elected to the White House twice, Markos backed Lament against Leiberman. Who is the genius now?