The Eye-Opening Graphic About One Of Our Most Trusted News Magazines

[Playinghardball]

Why on earth would they run that cover everywhere else but here?


Source: MoveOn.org

[Bicoastal]

1. I assume the revolution they're talking about is Syria...

But yeah, why do they assume American readers wouldn't be interested in it?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Egypt; it was from late November

http://www.time.com/time/covers/asia/0,16641,20111205,00.html

[Robb]

2. The same reason they want us not to go see Tintin?

[russspeakeasy]

3. Really ? Time is one of the most trusted ?

[stevenleser]

4. It's pretty simple and non-conspiratorial. They must believe that it will affect newstand sales

Newstand sales are the most important measuring stat of a magazine. If they think that a particular picture on the cover will sell somewhere else but turn off the average American, they wont run it here.

[zorahopkins]

5. Big Corporation.

TIME is a BIG Corporation.

Big Corporations are NOT our friends.

Big Corporations are a BIG part of the problem.

This should surprize no one.

[jberryhill]

6. Why should the cover picture be the same in every market?

[CreekDog]

9. why should it only be different in one?

[jberryhill]

10. Because Americans are unusually obsesssed with self

I'm pretty sure that Time knows what moves magazines off of newsstands.

The idea that they are engaging in some sort of agenda-driven manipulation by using a cover geared toward Americans' egotistical focus in the US strikes me as just silly.

Their goal is to make money by selling magazines.

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. Some fashion magazines use different covers for mailed subscriptions and the newstand.

I think it depends on what sells.

[JNelson6563]

11. Great caption!

What a load of crap from Time.

Julie

[GeorgeGist]

12. I stopped trusting TIME more than 30 years ago.

It's lonely being ahead of the curve.

[Ron Green]

13. It's a dismal rag. "Newsweek" too.