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    Does Time magazine think Americans can’t handle scenes of another Egyptian revolution?

    Left, Time's Dec. 5 U.S. cover; right, the Dec. 5 cover for Time's Europe, Asia and South Pacific editions.

    Do the editors of Time think Americans are too squeamish to handle a cover image of violent political unrest in Egypt? It would appear that way, given the respective covers that ran for the Dec. 5 issue U.S. and international editions of the newsweekly.

    For the covers of its Europe, Asia and South Pacific editions, Time went with "Revolution Redux," covering another uprising of Egyptians against military rule and featuring a defiant Egyptian rebel on a fiery street donning a gas mask.

    For the U.S. cover, Time went with a smiling, androgynous black and white cartoon figure to illustrate a special health feature that asks, "Is anxiety good for you?"

    Both stories appear in all editions of the magazine, and it's not unusual for the magazine to select different covers for its U.S. and international editions. But the choice between these covers begs the question: Does Time really think Americans are more interested in coverage of their own stress than another historic rebellion, albeit on the other side of the world?

    In the letters section of its Dec. 12 edition, hitting newsstands Friday, Time addresses the question:

    Last week's issue also caused considerable consternation among bloggers and readers, who objected to our putting the protests in Egypt inside our domestic edition and on the cover overseas. "Why is anxiety the most pressing issue in the U.S. while the Egyptian revolution gets front-page treatment internationally?" read a typical e-mail. Observers at ShortFormBlog analyzed a year's worth of our covers and concluded each edition gets the same amount of hard news, give or take an issue or two. We're glad to be held to high expectations, especially when the bar is set by one of our own editions.

    (Time)

    The Dec. 12 issue also features different covers among its four editions. The U.S. version of Time features a cover story on Mitt Romney; the Europe edition explores "The Putin Problem"; the Asia and South Pacific editions are focused on a "Brave New Burma."

     

    824 comments

    • Blue  •  5 mths ago
      I wonder what Time will put on their cover when the riots are in our streets.
      • mobile mike 5 mths ago
        probably "hello kitty"
      • crazy paul 5 mths ago
        pictures of Disney Land and a headline saying all is well.
      • Bill 5 mths ago
        "Escape The Violence At Camp FEMA"
    • Cobra Commander  •  Phoenix, United States  •  5 mths ago
      We Americans have been put to sleep and lulled into a false sense of reality. If you saw the pictures of what the Mexican Cartels are doing just to our south you wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Things like dismembering people with chainsaws and kicking thier heads around like soccor balls.
    • paulj  •  5 mths ago
      I think they do not want Americans to get any ideas...
      • Brains913 5 mths ago
        Here's my conspiracy - Obama administration supported what was going on in Egypt. Now that it has taken a predictable turn for the worse (told you so stuff), his interests (lib media) have silenced any real coverage of this story. I'm just saying.....Thanks Yahoo for finally posting some real news.
      • Ve 5 mths ago
        Paulj: You think so?
      • where are the jobs 5 mths ago
        the Obama haters are out. i do think that the corporate media sponsors do not want Americans getting any ideas. they are suppressing the message of the OWS for sure. that should make the Obama haters happy since they are in the same camp mostly.
    • Liz  •  Glens Fork, United States  •  5 mths ago
      It's what it always has been. Keep the truth from the American people, and try to steer them the way you want. It's been going on for decades. The big difference now is that we have so many other ways to find the truth. We don't have to rely on one media outlet for news of the world, we have many of all differing opinions. The young people of this nation need to make sure they aren't the ones "steered" into being useful idiots.
      • Bobbi B 5 mths ago
        Until they pull the "internet kill switch"- which is only selectively being used now.
      • William 5 mths ago
        Get a grip. The full story was still inside the magazine. You talk as if we're seeing censorship and propaganda a la Hitler's Germany, and that just simply is not true
      • Ve 5 mths ago
        open your eyes William, time to wake up.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 mths ago
      The Pussification of America continues.
      • Marc 5 mths ago
        And we all happily allow it to go on.
      • JC 5 mths ago
        Hey I listen to the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show in the morning to!
      • HANK HILL 5 mths ago
        man you really need some makeup!
    • KEvin A  •  Richmond, United States  •  5 mths ago
      i never really understood why they censored photos in a supposedly free country.
    • vintage  •  Wallingford, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I didn't think TIME was still in print. Americans can handle it. Please stop treating us like a bunch of 5 yr olds
    • Ms. Thing  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Americans cannot handle the truth! that is why this country is in the shape it is. all we worried about is who is the next bachelorette, who are the kardashian bit*ches marrying next, and dancing with the failed stars. god bless the lowlifes!!
    • War  •  Charlottesville, United States  •  5 mths ago
      6 corporations own 90% of the media. Media is propaganda. It's that simple. Propaganda bought and paid for by corporate interests
    • Angus Scrimm  •  5 mths ago
      Because a highly government-influenced rag like TIME, would prefer to keep you mollified and docile. After all, what is happening in Egypt could never happen here, right - so why bother showing you pictures that would disturb your preoccupation with Kim K and where you're going out to eat tonight...?
    • pops  •  5 mths ago
      Same reason they don't cover Ron Paul. They don't want you to entertain any ideas you don't get from them and their owners who tell them what to print
    • good grief  •  Mesa, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Its going to resemble scenes in the US in a few months.
    • Tom  •  5 mths ago
      What they should be asking is if we can handle a real revolution... It's almost time.
    • anyone  •  Montgomery, United States  •  5 mths ago
      these pictures are coming to America, very soon, and when they do i hope we can all remember who the real enemies are! its not your fellow citizen, black, white or brown... its the ruling class that has destroyed this country. keep that in mind.
    • Bob  •  Corona, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I only read Time when I'm sitting in the dentist's office. It's days as an authoritative source of news are long past.
    • Brickell Princess  •  Miami, United States  •  5 mths ago
      We're not squeamish. It's just that the powers that be do not want Americans to get any ideas about revolting.

      You allow the media to control your mind and the wealthy know they can use the media to keep you in line. It preserves their status and keeps you all separated.

      Never forget that it was a revolution that brought the United States TOGETHER!
    • Captain Pete  •  5 mths ago
      Is it because Americans can't handle the imagery or because they don't want American's to get any ideas?
    • TimS  •  Aurora, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Any magazine that named Ben Bernanke man of the year over a failed trillion dollar stimulus plan, should be considered a political rag of yellow journalism. I will never read it again.
    • Ed  •  Mill Valley, United States  •  5 mths ago
      At a time when Homeland Security is coordinating the nationwide police crackdown on the Occupy Protest uprising in this country, Time Magazine had most likely been ordered to change the cover of the U.S. edition.
    • Jeffrey H  •  Orlando, United States  •  5 mths ago
      TIME magazine is still in print? Who knew!
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