| When genius and futurist John Naisbitt put out | | | | because it's interesting and fun to know what's going |
| Megatrends in 1982 calling our future the "information | | | | on, others keep up to manage their money. |
| age" even he could not have predicted the amount | | | | Economics and the things that effect finance play a |
| and value of information we would inhabit by the turn | | | | decisive role in the slant of U.S. News and World |
| of the century. With all forms of media, security | | | | Report. This magazine doesn't put on the same |
| cameras cell phones recording our every move there | | | | friendly front as Newsweek and instead covers hard |
| is more news and not-really-news than we can | | | | news stories, often with a financial or economic |
| assimilate in a day. | | | | world angle as part of the picture. For investors or |
| News magazines have become a helpful and needed | | | | people who care about the price of tea in China |
| conglomeration of information to help us sort out | | | | because it affects their trade interests, U.S. News |
| fact from fiction and keep us up on the need to | | | | and World Report is an obvious choice. |
| know we encounter. Although they all relate news, | | | | News For The Rest Of Us |
| each of our three major news magazines offers a | | | | Then there are folks who simply like to keep up to |
| different slant on the events of our times. | | | | date in a more generic or general way. We want to |
| Politics Stage Left or Right | | | | be informed but don't want to take a college class on |
| For political coverage above and beyond media scope | | | | government or business to understand our events. |
| the distinct leader is Newsweek. From its quotes of | | | | For these folks, Time is the leading magazine of |
| politicians and media stars to its "Conventional | | | | choice. Time covers politics and money but includes a |
| Wisdom" meter, Newsweek offers all its news with a | | | | plethora of other topics as well. Time was a |
| very political approach. If there's an article about | | | | groundbreaking force in bringing spirituality articles to |
| global warming, it will talk about how politician's | | | | the cover and front of the magazine and handles |
| respond to the crisis. | | | | movies, media, and human interest with the same |
| If there is a movie review it will take note of any | | | | warm professionalism as it does politics, money and |
| imagery or idea that is remotely political. People who | | | | demographics. Time's famous "Person of the Year" is |
| love Sunday morning news talk shows are the type | | | | often the subject of controversy and is popularly |
| who enjoys Newsweek's Capital Hill coverage and | | | | awaited every year. The person is not always a |
| view of the world from the policy makers of power. | | | | political leader, and not always a popular choice but |
| Like most publications, Newsweek is only as | | | | reflects the world's focus on the event of our age. |
| bipartisan as the writers on staff, but it does work | | | | There's a lot of stuff going on every minute of |
| hard to objectify its coverage and does offer a | | | | every day and we are privy to most of it via media. |
| range experiences to play in its politicized arena. | | | | Selecting a news magazine that fits your focus of |
| What About My Wallet? | | | | information helps funnel that coverage into a |
| While some keep up with national and global affairs | | | | meaningful block of knowledge. |