Time (Magazine) for a Revolution

I guess the people who work for - and publish - Time Magazine consider themselves a leading periodical of current affairs; in my own in-depth study of their work in dentists' waiting rooms, I've always found them to be a bunch of capitalist spinmeisters.

Here's their dramatic cover for an analysis of Egypt's uprising, published in December but looking amazingly timely this week, as the Egyptian military and police have been showing their true colors:

Pretty cool, huh?  Dramatic, punchy, capturing a moment of world history that may prove to be pivotal in our lifetimes. Just what a great news magazine should be doing.

But wait - as the late, great Roy Orbison might say - what do I see?  This is the cover of the European and Asian editions of the mag, or rag.

The US edition has this glorious cover:

Yep, you got it - childish, vapid, trivial - add your own adjective, that's what Time Mag believes is appropriate for the sophisticated US audience.  After all, why should we give a shit about the activities of an Egyptian military machine that consumes 1.5 BILLION of our hard-earned dollars every year?

There's an excellent display of numerous examples of Time's pusillanimous periodical poltroonery, at The Smoking Nun, here.