Colbert Takes Crummy Newsweek Gig; Shaves Head
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Guest-editor Stephen Colbert devotes this week's issue of NEWSWEEK to the subject of Iraq, coinciding with the airing of four Colbert Report episodes taped in Baghdad.
In his editorial "Why I Took this Crummy Job", Stephen explains, "I took advantage of my powerful new perch and published all my letters to the editor that NEWSWEEK had rejected, provided my Conventional Wisdom, took a red pencil to Meacham's editorial foofaraw and took the bias out of the columnist bios. Most important, I sent NEWSWEEK's reporters to find out whatever happened to Iraq. Unfortunately, this meant cutting the cover story they had planned: "Hey, Have You Heard About This Thing Called 'Twitter?' "
In his editorial "Why I Took this Crummy Job", Stephen explains, "I took advantage of my powerful new perch and published all my letters to the editor that NEWSWEEK had rejected, provided my Conventional Wisdom, took a red pencil to Meacham's editorial foofaraw and took the bias out of the columnist bios. Most important, I sent NEWSWEEK's reporters to find out whatever happened to Iraq. Unfortunately, this meant cutting the cover story they had planned: "Hey, Have You Heard About This Thing Called 'Twitter?' "
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