Tina Brown explains Obama ‘gaylo’ cover
“If President Clinton was the ‘first black president’ then Obama earns every stripe in that ‘gaylo’ with last week’s gay marriage proclamation,” says Newsweek editor Tina Brown. “Newsweek’s cover pays tribute to his newly ordained place in history.”
* Tina Brown explains Obama “gaylo” cover (Politico)
* White House dodges question on Newsweek cover (Politicker.com)
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UPDATE: Romenesko reader Bill Lucey writes:
Thiefs!, Bandits!
I’m glad my tweet FOUR DAYS ago, gave Newsweek an idea for their cover.
I’ve been unemployed for almost 4 years now — what do I need to do to get some credit?
* What my Facebook friends say about Lucey claiming credit for the cover line
Newsweek is still publishing???
Correction: Newsweek is still publishing nonsense. Obama is not the first gay president. Obama didn’t “come out” for gay marriage until after Joe Biden screwed up, made a statement, and then the pollsters started crunching numbers and determined that despite the Rick Warrens and the WBCs of the world, most people really don’t see gay marriage as a threat. Obama was merely one of a long line of tag-alongs one he found out it was safe to do so.
P.S. Memo to Bill Lucey.
You need to learn what everyone else in the media has still not learned: the Internet exists solely so that talentless hacks can steal from creative people. Look at Gawker. A bunch of valley girls and boys who, OMG, can cut-and-paste, harvesting all the effort, throwing in a snide little twist, and taking all the credit. Meanwhile, the media simply keeps feeding them.
That the talented people can’t figure this out (re: your comment about getting credit), is no one’s fault but their own.
I, too, have been unemployed for years now. I have no expectation of ever making a living wage again. I’m too old to start over, and no one will even touch my resume because my education and experience all translate in their minds to “He won’t work for the pittance we’ll pay.”
Here’s some free advice, kid: Never write anything for free. Harlan Ellison’s been screaming that for decades now, and everyone climbs on board to lecture him about how he doesn’t understand the “new” media.
I think he understands it perfectly: a bunch of frickin’ thieves.
Prefer To Remain Anonymous #1 is ignoring the very real possibility (ignored by most of the media, too), that the Biden-Obama statements were purposefully planned to give Obama a bit of political cover. “Oh, he HAD to make the announcement now, because of Biden’s gaffe!”
Rather brilliant ploy, if true. PTRA #! also discounts the political risk the decision represents. It’s not as if there’s no downside, and aside from donation money, the upside isn’t at all clear.
Anyone who refers to “thiefs” should not be surprised about the length of unemployment.
Free advice from a bitter Luddite who’s been unemployed for years is worth its weight in gold.