Misleading Title

January 29, 2009 Blog

We have subscribed to US News & World Report now for a number of years. It was the only major news magazine that had not become a willing tool of the leftist media monopoly.

In just a few months, USN&WR went from a weekly to a bi-weekly to a monthly format. It's like the food you buy in the super market. You pay the same or more for a smaller package and they hope you don't notice. Changes came so fast that the USN&WR webmaster couldn't keep up. It still says "US News Weekly" on their site.

In the past, US News and the Fox News Channel could be depended on to present a fair view of politics and current events. We don't get Fox News because we would have to pay an additional fee to Comcast. That is probably because Comcast doesn't like to broadcast views that are not conform to their own. 

Both US News and Fox News have changed considerably since the election. We don't get Fox News and do not plan to renew our subscription to US News & World Report.

Changes were necessary at USN&WR due to the financial crisis that has affected all of us except CEOs and CFOs of banks and industries that our government is bailing out. It would be a pity if these guys had to experience the same fate as the rest of us.

The first change at US News & World Report was the content. Instead of news and world reports, USN&WR is now an advisory for people interested in health, education and money management.

There are many wealthy people in the drug and health care industry. They can afford to place full page ads in national magazines followed by a second page of small print on possible side effects.

Only the wealthy can afford to send their kids to college these days. School Superintendents and College Presidents are among the best paid citizens in America. Along with politicians, lawyers and people in the health care industry, these individuals have money to invest.

Our new President has already given about 50 billion of our money to financial institutions and he promises to pour lots more money into health and education. Yesterday, without a single Republican vote, the House approved an $819 billion give-away of our money. It is called "stimulating the economy." If the government gave each man, woman and child in America $2,000 (an interest-free advance of their own money) that would really stimulate the economy, but the government prefers to give the money to those who caused our financial woes.

US News is obviously in big trouble. If you read and believe what the Editor writes, it's all the Internet's fault - or readers who are turning to the Internet.

The next change at USN&WR will likely be the title, which should reflect the new content.

I suspect that US News & World Report may soon appeal to the government for a bailout. They wouldn't have had a chance with the old format!