Michele Bachmann is the target, but it's Newsweek's editor who gets wounded.

Slate  "Newsweek Editor in Chief Tina Brown, punchbowl-spiker extraordinaire, got just the response she was looking for this week by picking a cover shot in which presidential aspirant Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., lit up her brightest Charlie Manson eyes. "

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"The transgression comes only when the editor pretends—as Brown has with the Bachmann and Diana covers—that she wasn't playing let's-goose-the-public with sensationalist images. Obvious lies, such as Brown's about merely trying to convey "intensity" with the Bachmann portrait, end up conveying contempt for the reader. And that's not a pretty picture."

  "CNN ran Bachmann's wide-eyed picture on the latest Newsweek cover multiple times Tuesday morning, asking if the picture and harsh headline were examples of media maltreatment of conservative women presidential candidates. "

MSNBC Features Ex-Obama Aide Bashing 'Crazy,' 'Loopy' Bachmann, Defends Newsweek Cover

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