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kris10ep Donating Member (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:27 AM
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My letter to Newsweek about Martha...
Edited on Sun Mar-06-05 08:58 AM by kris10ep
As we got the play by play of Martha's every move during her first 24 hours after being released, each time I saw a new report, the more apalled I got at the crap the media considers "newsworthy."

My letter to Newsweek:

After seeing Martha Stewart plastered across the front cover of the March 7 Newsweek, I was hesitant to buy the magazine. Then I thought to give you the benefit of the doubt. Who knows? Maybe it was an incredibly slow week for news.
Once I began reading the issue, I became disgusted after I finished "Iraq's Hidden War." I couldn't believe some of the atrocities toward women in Iraq. However, what was most apalling was the fact that Martha graced the cover. With a story about women facing unthinkable horrors and fighting for the rights we daily take for granted, you chose for the cover spot, a woman who acheived much power and success, only to abuse it in an extremely unethical way. I'm not anti-Martha by any means. In fact, I believe it was incredibly unjust to make an example out of her when there are so many big-wigs who get away with the same crime time and again. I do however, view the whole situation as less than newsworthy at this point.
Kudos for the eye-opening article showing the reality of what the Iraqi women must face on a daily basis. Shame on you for demeaning that struggle by suggesting Martha Stewart's release from prison to be a better headline.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:31 AM
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1. I basically like Martha Stewart.
AND I agree with your post. Of all the things they should make an effort to publicize, Martha ranks below the atrocities of human rights violations.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:32 AM
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2. Martha didn't even do anything..
oh yeah she sold her stock or whatever.. blah blah.. big deal
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 09:28 AM
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11. she didn't even do that
they couldn't prove their case on the insider trading thing, so they got her on obstruction instead.

in short, she went to prison for deleting a message from her answering machine.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 09:43 AM
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13. Very true
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:34 AM
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3. I'm sick of all celebrities in the news
And mediawhore celebrities in general. EVERYTHING, even a prison term, is spun into how it's made them EVEN better as a person. They never cease to be appalling.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:38 AM
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4. This proves my theory that the media only comes alive when there's
a celebrity in the news, not issues concerning the government, Iraq, Iran, Syria, bankruptcy, health insurance, election fraud -- with one exception: Arnold who combines celebrity with the illusion of government.
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:43 AM
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5. I'll bet Dubya has several copies in the Oval Office.
After all, it pushed Jeff Gannon off the front page.
Wait a minute! Come to think of it the Gannon story wasn't on the front page, or ANY page. Our media is shameful!!
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:45 AM
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6. I like Martha
I think she got a raw deal, and I agree that she doesn't belong on the front page of anything.
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:47 AM
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7. Watch out the forum police are about to move you.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x19433

I put up the same on Friday.
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DebJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:49 AM
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8. Not as tired as I am of the Jackson News Service
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MSgt213 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 08:58 AM
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9. You are sick of it because it wasn't news. It was free PR for a woman
who doesn't need it. At least free PR Martha and her company has plenty of money to repair her image which I personally don't think was that badly tarnished in the first place. Anyone who doesn't know that the law used to convict Martha is a very bad law in the first place isn't going to change their mind because of positive spin about Martha in the first place.

If the news media wanted to americans a favor they would have focus on our harmful the law is to our rights as citizens.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 09:08 AM
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10. To make matters worse, the cover was doctored.
It's Martha's head on someone else's body. Howard Fineman said it was supposed to be a joke. Huh? In that case they should have used an SI swim suit model's body. Is Newsweek connected to NBC?
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kris10ep Donating Member (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 09:41 AM
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12. That's insane.
Thanks for that tidbit.
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