Is Time Magazine biased against communism and leftist ideals?

[cowslayer]

On an article of Lenin, Time said that he "from 1917 until his death in 1924, Lenin created a model not merely for his successor, Stalin, but for Mao, for Hitler, for Pol Pot."


Many covers of the magazine also have images that invoke fear meixed with communism, such as replacing the hammer in the hammer and sickle with a gun. Titles such as the Red Menace of Europe and such.

Is Time biased against leftism?

[ellipsis]

lol wut? AOL-Time Warner is a huge media conglomerate which controls world popular perception through its media hegemony. They defend the interests of capitalism, so yes they are biased against leftism. Also the enemy of the people.

[Political_Chucky]

On an article of Lenin, Time said that he "from 1917 until his death in 1924, Lenin created a model not merely for his successor, Stalin, but for Mao, for Hitler, for Pol Pot."


Many covers of the magazine also have images that invoke fear meixed with communism, such as replacing the hammer in the hammer and sickle with a gun. Titles such as the Red Menace of Europe and such.

Is Time biased against leftism?






What?! Nooooo! NEVER!

[psgchisolm]

Why does this matter? It's a magazine, there's not really any reason this should affect you unless you're going to stop reading their publications. Either way they'll still keep publishing them, just read it.

[FreeEire]

NEVER! :laugh:

[erupt]

The specific author seems particularly foolish. Lenin, Hitler, and Pol Pot?

[RadioRaheem84]

How was Hitler anything like Lenin? :rolleyes:

[The Fighting_Crusnik]

God I thought that Glenn Beck was the only crazy bastard who made baseless statements and connections.... Apparently I was wrong...

[Die Neue Zeit]

Actually, an earlier TIME bio of Lenin tried to link him with Mussolini.

[BIG BROTHER]

You know what the sad thing is? For a lot of people here in the US the times magazine is a "left or liberal" leaning magazine....sigh

[Angry Young Man]

Yea, it's also not that good. I had a book of people who changed the world a few years back and it was totally empty of intelligence. But one strange thing, they were remarkably not condemning of Che Guevara or Fidel Castro

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Time doesn't even compare to its former self, when speaking of its influence. Back in the day, EVERYONE read Time. Now there's a magazine for every little thing and its audience isn't as large.
So be thankful for that, at least.

As to the original topic of the OP, you basically answered your own question!

[Die Neue Zeit]

How far back in the day? The last time I read TIME regularly was back in the 1990s.

[RadioRaheem84]

I just hate mainstream news rags. I cringed whenever I saw the front cover of Newsweek with the headline, "We are all socialists now".
:rolleyes:

[NoOneIsIllegal]

How far back in the day? The last time I read TIME regularly was back in the 1990s.
As far as I am aware, TIME was the magazine to read from the 30s to the 70s. A regular household item from the impression I've been given.

[NGNM85]

On an article of Lenin, Time said that he "from 1917 until his death in 1924, Lenin created a model not merely for his successor, Stalin, but for Mao, for Hitler, for Pol Pot."

I think that's a bit of a stretch. Hitler was very much impressed by Mussolini, at least, in the beginning, much less so later, after coming to power. To my knowledge, Lenin was not a particularly significant influence. Although, I think there was a natural progression from Lenin to Stalin. Mao was definitely influenced by Lenin.


Many covers of the magazine also have images that invoke fear meixed with communism, such as replacing the hammer in the hammer and sickle with a gun. Titles such as the Red Menace of Europe and such.

Is Time biased against leftism?


I think Time is a pretty standard 'center-Left' publication. They appear to be left-leaning, they are slightly progressive in terms of social issues, but on foreign policy they toe the line. This is to be expected. It's a decent publication, I think it's actually a little better than Newsweek. Of course, if you're going for mainstream news publications, you can't do any better than the New York Times.

[Red Commissar]

In the past years they were very heavy with Cold War mongering and what not. Nowadays it's the usual stuff we come to expect from liberal publications dealing with not just domestic but international.

This is an issue from the week of October 19th, 1970.

http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1970/1101701019_400.jpg

[Delenda Carthago]

The most impresive thing is not the identity of TIME but how easily someone can connect communists and nazis in the US and noone will slap them in the face or at least laugh at them.I thought Glenn Beck was the one to do it, but now I see its a trend in USA media.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Yea, it's also not that good. I had a book of people who changed the world a few years back and it was totally empty of intelligence. But one strange thing, they were remarkably not condemning of Che Guevara or Fidel Castro

They probably enjoy their holidays on the caribbean coast.:rolleyes:

[Wanted Man]

The Lenin-Hitler link is actually pretty old. It's an old favourite of the "totalitarian" school. See, for instance: http://www.pbs.org/heavenonearth/interviews_pipes.html

[~Spectre]

you can't do any better than the New York Times.

You most certainly can. The Times is flat out awful.

[Rafiq]

I don't see a reason why they wouldn't be Biased.

Also, to that "rise and fall of Socialism" article...

This Idea that Socialism is dead is complete rubbish.

Socialism stands, as the biggest threat to the current states today. Just think about all of the books you were assigned to read in High School. Think about all of the Anti Socialist messages in children's movies.

Sad too, that those places weren't Socialist to begin with, but state capitalist.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

lol, the only quote you need from that Pipes article:

"Russia today is far worse off than Russia was in 1913, 1914, before World War I. Cuba is much worse off."

Factually incorrect garbage. Does he actually believe his own bullshit?