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I've been reading Newsweek for over 25 years and have been pleased with its reporting. Although the news may be a few days old by the time you read it, it is much more in depth than what we hear on the radio or watch on TV. In fact, I only listen to the radio news in the morning while getting ready for work. I am also one of those old-fashioned types that reads a newspaper every day. Again, the coverage is much more in depth than the radio. I get to know what is going on in my hometown as well as nationally.

I'm updating this review after nearly four years ago....I still think the magazine is great but it is a news weekly and needs to cover issues of all types, be it sports, world news, entertainment, technology, national/state news, religion, etc. Sometimes the issues are only on one topic. This was very prevalent after 9/11/01...of course I understood the news coverage to be heavily slanted in that one department. However, this news was very one-sided for more than a few weeks. This has happened more than a few times in the past few years where they are too focused on one issue. It's like they have a limit to the number of pages. They need to cover all the topics, even if abbreviated in some sections.

For the msot part, Newsweek lets the reader know what is going on in the global village. It covers the news nationally and internationally so that I do get to know what is going on in the world. It has many areas that it covers, arts, special features, sports, people (one page of gossip), domestic/international, business, and other current events.

Some say it is not as "in-depth" as Time but who has the time to spend hours with a magazine? I can read the majority of the magazine in about an hour. Sometimes they have special issues which do require more time to read (up to 3 hours when they do some major coverage on an issue or single topic).

Although some say it has a "liberal" slant to it, they still have George Will and his view of things. I don't read him too much (too conservative for my taste) but I do respect him as he has brought up some salient and relevant points in the past.

The reporting in this magazine is much more in depth than we get in USA Today (I call that McNews but it does have a purpose in life in at least bringing information to the masses). There are many specialized magazines out there, for someone with very limited time but still wants to stay abreast of current events, this is an ideal magazine. Over the years I have read nearly 1,300 of their issues so I feel this is a good feedback on this magazine.

I am into the arts/culture/entertainment and have supplemented this magazine with Entertainment Weekly which talks in much more detail than Newsweek does. Their reviews are usually right on the money, I agree with them after seeing the movie or reading the book. They are often brief but do a good job covering the topic.

What is good about this magazine is that they concentrate about 80% on significant news and just a bit on the lighter side of the news. A good balance. Too many magazines such as People or Star concentrate on fluff which is quite irrelevant. Too many people are familiar with tv shows, celebrities, etc. instead of the relevant news.