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| Mark Steyn: "Saddam Bushein" |
| 2007-09-23 |
| Because I write for Maclean's, I've had a ton of mail asking what I think about the notorious Canadian magazine cover showing Bush as Saddam. Well, I think it's meretricious bilge and, if anyone in Toronto ever thought to ask my opinion about anything, I'd have told 'em so. And it doesn't seem to be justified by the story. Nothing worse than a tease you can't live up to. But the idea that Maclean's is some kind of "left-wing magazine" is ridiculous. Maclean's is the Canadian equivalent of Time and Newsweek. No doubt it has its share of ghastly Trudeaupian squishes, but it carries me and the great Barbara Amiel as columnists, which is more than Time or Newsweek do. It's also edited and published by Ken Whyte, who's regarded as way to the right by most of the media establishment. If he was ever appointed editor of Time or Newsweek, Howie Kurtz & co would be writing columns fretting over a right-wing coup placing a disturbing question-mark over the future of a beloved institution, etc. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 Steyn didn't ass kiss at the National Post. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-23 19:34 |
| #4 Even Steyn has to pay attention to which side his bread is buttered. A little ass-kissing for the editors goes a long way. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-23 19:14 |
| #3 Besides, the Canadian equivalent of Time and Newsweek WOULD BE left-wing! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-09-23 18:34 |
| #2 D'accord,Snipe, Even the SF Chronicle has an article by a conservative now and then.... |
| Posted by: Slats Snush9139 2007-09-23 18:01 |
| #1 I disagree with the great Mark Steyn on this one. Maclean's most definitely IS a "left wing magazine" and has been for a long time. The fact that they employ both Mr. Steyn and Barbara Amiel is not by itself any proof that they are not a "left wing magazine". The main articles they choose to publish and the slant those articles contain are indeed proof of their "leftiness". Many years ago I stopped subscribing to them because of their increasingly lefty slant and have never regretted it. Over the years they have run way too many articles asking: 1) why there is not more gun control in Canada 2) why should the Canadian public take the conservative movement seriously when we already had the Liberals to take care of our every need 3) why Canadians don't take their social responsibilites seriously by accepting even more taxation from the Liberals. I have no respect for them at all. I hope they go broke. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2007-09-23 17:20 |