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Gazetta Berlusconi Kommunisto

roumours typed - since the italian politics is not without using hand while commication, the gazzetta berlusconi said Buds Spencer is not a Film Star anymore to italia the bella in the roma editon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.234.209.215 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hitler diaries

Where is the "Hitler Diaries" scandal and the role Newsweek played in it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.0.30.103 (talk) 09:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Claims of bias

An editor has been inserting a section called "Claims of bias." Another editor has been removing it. Frankly, there is only one claim of bias there, so it's pretty much just one person's opinion. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 21:32, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Croatia World Cup

I reverted this. User:United Union uses the argument on my talk page that "Author did use that headline". That's wrong, journallists don't write the headlines, headline writers do (hell, I've never been a journalist but I wrote headlines for the Miami Herald when I was a PA to the city editor). We've discussed headlines at RSN, they aren't reliable sources. I'm also told that Newsweek retracted it, although I searched for a retraction before I reverted and couldn't find one. I also found sources with the same claims. And as I said in my edit summary, Croatia's president denies it but then "she has openly associated with Ustasha sympathisers,". Obviously I could have missed something but I think we should have other eyes before reinstating this, and of course better sources. Doug Weller talk 08:32, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't say that it matters who wrote it, journalist or headline writer, but rather who published it, and in this case it was Newsweek. If this was article about the C. Maza, then it would be relevant, but it's not. Headline, and a text, later removed, can be seen in the screenshot. The correction notice is under the article. Can Thompson be considered a controversial figure? Yes. But did he start this particular performance by screaming Ustashe battle cries with audience making Nazi salutes as implied in the article? No. I somehow doubt they would agree to make any change in the article if it was correct in the first place, but they did, so yeah... United Union (talk) 12:40, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Birther Conspiracy

Is it notable that this magazine ran an editorial defending an opinion piece they ran, which claimed that questioning whether Kamala Harris was eligible to run for VP on the grounds that her parents we immigrants, saying it was not racist birtherism? 38.65.100.100 (talk) 13:59, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That sentence makes no sense. Try again, and with a citation. O3000 (talk) 14:01, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/the-wikipedia-war-over-kamala-harris-race/615250/ is probably relevant, —Paleo Neonate – 08:15, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Newsweek and the Rise of the Zombie Magazine: How a decaying legacy magazine is being used to launder right-wing ideas and conspiracy theories.

Lots of new information about Newsweek and how it is used to spread conspiracy theories here https://newrepublic.com/article/158968/newsweek-rise-zombie-magazine

Thanks

. John Cummings (talk) 21:56, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

3.2: Factual Errors

"In August 2018, Newsweek falsely reported that the Sweden Democrats, a far-right party, could win a majority in the 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections. Polls showed that the party was far away from winning a majority."

I don't think you can call it "false" that the Sweden Democrats "could win a majority" in what was at the time a future election unless there was no mathematical way for them to do so. Could someone knowledgeable about Swedish elections weigh in on whether or not that was the case? (Side note: The party's Wikipedia page indicates that there's not a consensus on whether or not it should be classified as "far-right.") — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oooooooseven (talk • contribs) 22:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see it has been removed, but still. I am Swedish but no expert. They finished third and from what I have read that was a great success (https://www.svd.se/a/0EyBe0/varldens-finanspress-om-valet-sd-riktiga-vinnarna) for them - I counldn't find anything that suggest people thinking they could win. 2806:266:480:8DB3:8C50:9E04:767C:1AD4 (talk) 14:24, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Contradicting readership numbere

"In 2020, Newsweek's website hit 100 million unique monthly readers, up from seven million at the start of 2017. In 2021, its revenues doubled to $75 million and traffic increased to 48 million monthly unique visitors in May 2022 from about 30 million in May 2019 according to Comscore"

Am I missing something here? One says 100 million "unique monthly readers" in 2020 and another 30 million "monthly unique visitors" 2019 and 48 million in 2022. It seems the 30 and 48 million claim comes from Wall Street Journal (I dont have an account there) and the 100 million claim is less reputable and should be removed. The same 100 million claim is repeated in the intro, and should be removed? It is the first hit on Google and the owner Dev Pragad has it as his first claim on his Wikipedia page. 2806:266:480:8DB3:8C50:9E04:767C:1AD4 (talk) 14:14, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I removed "In 2020, Newsweek's website hit 100 million unique monthly readers, up from seven million at the start of 2017." since it was contradicted by the newer and more authoritative Wall Street Journal article (https://web.archive.org/web/20220807145818/https://www.wsj.com/articles/newsweek-engulfed-in-legal-drama-as-co-owners-sue-each-other-11659096002). The 30 million and 48 million claims are in the WSJ article.

Newsweek also only has 135 million total page views (not unique visitors - google for example has 135 billion page views), https://www.semrush.com/website/newsweek.com/overview/

I think someone should look into this "100 million unique monthly readers" claim in the intro too and related Wikipedia pages. 2806:266:480:8DB3:8C50:9E04:767C:1AD4 (talk) 14:51, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is a "unique reader" any way. Is somebody seriously suggesting there are people who read Newsweek and nothing else? Come off it.Spinney Hill (talk) 21:55, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maintenance tag and controversies section

A tag questioning the article's neutrality was added a few months ago with the comment "Added maintenance template". Was there any discussion about this? I can't find anything. Cortador (talk) 06:40, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't look like it; the tag was placed by Isi96, but no discussion ever opened.

I'm removing the tag. Isi96, feel free to reinstate it in tandem with opening a discussion explaining your position. TJRC (talk) 20:10, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]