Neocon Purge At Time With Kristol, Krauthammer Out

New York Observer:

Two conservative Time magazine columnists are on their way out the door: Neither William Kristol nor longtime contributor Charles Krauthammer will be on contract with the magazine starting next month. Mr. Krauthammer confirmed the news to Off the Record, and a spokeswoman for Time said Mr. Kristol's contract would not be renewed.

And according to two sources familiar with the discussions, Time is in negotiations with National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru to sign him to a contributor contract. Mr. Ponnuru, who in 2006 published The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life, has written twice for the magazine over the past month.

Read the whole story: New York Observer

Comments

[lauram]

Did you read the Observer comments w/the article? So many still holding the "liberal media" perspective in this day and age is really disheartening

[imusintheevening]

Time and Newsweek are lousy "Amerocentric" rags that I stopped reading long ago when I picked up the Economist, which to be sure is not perfect, but a little more objective.

[JScott]

Ahhh the goings on of consolidated CORPORATE MEDIA namely AOLTW in this case which also includes CNN.

[BobbyJoe]

Like that old joke about lawyers and the bottom of the ocean, this sounds like a good start.

But Time magazine can't begin to really regain their credibility until they fire Joe Klein. Time's reaction to Klein getting caught blatantly lying about FISA is one of the most disgraceful examples of the media this year.

[Tom95134]

Couldn't happen to more deserving clowns. These guys are nothing more than megaphones for the Bush insanity.

[mrcontinental]

Two of the biggest chickenhawks ever to walk the earth. Good riddance.

[thgy]

Ah ha ha ha, Krauthammer, Kristol you might still have all you money but you have been sacked and publicly humiliated - life is fun.

[escobar]

It may be too little too late.
The damage has been done.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

"Two conservative Time magazine columnists ..."

Seriously, what was "conservative" about either of them?

"Neocon" is much more appropriate, with an emphasis on "con."

[waiguoren]

You want to be hired by Time, Newsweek, NYT, et.al.?

Simple, just build yourself a little career based on ever more ridiculous arguments in support of every entrenched interest you can find!

Good luck!

[donw]

Kristol has been so wrong for so long he has turned into somewhat of a joke. He along with others from Bush's administration have become the poster boys for such failed foreign policies.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

Where's a lying sack of neocon shit supposed to go to make a living? The heritage institute is probably hiring......

[hmmmmmer]

Just hope this is some kind of backlash on their chickenhawk state of mind. I see they still have Rove and his book has been languishing at the auction house without getting a bid. I am sure eventually one will come, but it would be poetic justice if one didn't and Time would fire him for being such a liar.

[godlessclif]

Many people did not cancel subscriptions for ideological reasons. Many did because they got tired of reading senseless, mindless ideologically based, intellectually bankrupt horses#!t. I am waiting for the NYT to fire "My Head is Flat" author Tom Friedman.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorials/why-nyt-scribe-tom-friedman-is-wrong-again/comment-page-2/
Friedman wrong: again!!!

I understand Pravda had the same problem with subscriptions.

[TheNewHampshireLiberal]

I stopped reading Time after they named the war criminal POTUS "Man of year".

Picking up Ramesh Ponnuru is worse than having the top two noecon cheer leaders on staff, it gives credibility to a true crank.

I won't even use that rag to line a bird cage.