Monday, September 16, 2013

Time after Time ...


Time mag hides Putin’s success from U.S. voters - Neil Munro, dailycaller.com: "Time Magazine’s cover for its September 16 issue features a picture of contented-looking Russian president Vladimir Putin, complete with a black background and a damning caption that declares 'America’s weak and waffling, Russia’s rich and resurgent.'


But Time’s editors are shielding Americans from the demoralizing picture, putting a cheerful, sky-blue photo on the covers of magazines distributed in the United States. 'It’s time to pay college athletes,' says the chirpy, non-political U.S. cover, which shows a ball-carrying football player with arm outstretched."

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Juli Weiner, "Obama White House on Hiring Spree," Vanity Fair:  "The White House has confirmed that Obama has tapped Rick Stengel, managing editor of Time magazine since 2006, to serve as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, a job that involves 'communications with international audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism'”; Stengel image from



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