https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/02/11/assuming-dissent-is-still-patriotic-count-me-out-newsweek/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:58:51 -0400<![CDATA[Just to follow up on our previous post about Scott Ott&#8217;s new gig, the difficult challenge of any satirist (as Malcolm Muggeridge noted nearly half a century ago) is improving upon real life for its pure absurdity. I swear, when I first saw it, I thought this latest Newsweek cover was some sort of quicky mashup produced by a mischievous blogger using Photoshop&#8211;but apparently, it&#8217;s quite real. Of course, with Newsweek, who can tell these days? In any case, the current cover makes quite an interesting companion piece to this 2005 cover on an international edition of Newsweek. (See photo on right.) As Newsweek&#8217;s own Howard Fineman noted in early 2005:]]>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:57:19 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/11/assuming-dissent-is-still-patriotic-count-me-out-newsweek-n239792