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{{Short description|US opinion magazine (1995–2018)}} |
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| title = The Weekly Standard |
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format = Magazine | |
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foundation = September 1995 | |
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owners = [[News Corporation]] | |
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publisher = [[Terry Eastland]] | |
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| image_caption = December 24, 2018 issue of ''The Weekly Standard'' |
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political = [[Neoconservative]] | |
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| editor = [[Stephen F. Hayes]] |
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headquarters = 1150 17th Street, NW <br> Washington, DC 20036 | |
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| editor_title = Editor |
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editor = [[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Fred Barnes]] <br> [[William Kristol]] | |
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website = [http://www.weeklystandard.com/ WeeklyStandard.com] | |
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circulation = 83,000 per week | |
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| frequency = Weekly |
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}}'''''The Weekly Standard''''' is an American [[neoconservative]] <ref>Max Boot, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002840 What the Heck Is a 'Neocon'?], [[Wall Street Journal]], December 30, 2002.</ref> [[magazine]] published 48 times per year. It made its debut on [[September 17]], [[1995]] and is owned by the public company [[News Corporation]]. It is viewed as a leading conservative magazine. Its current editors are founder [[William Kristol]], chairman of the [[Project for the New American Century]], and [[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Fred Barnes]]. The Weekly Standard produces "The Daily Standard" with commentary and articles written for the magazine's [[website]]. |
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| total_circulation = ~50,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-weekly-standard-influential-conservative-magazine-will-shutter/2018/12/14/051884cc-ffbb-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html |title=The Weekly Standard, influential conservative magazine, will shutter |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=December 14, 2018 }}</ref> |
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| circulation_year = December 2018 |
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| company = [[Clarity Media Group]] |
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| publisher = Terry Eastland |
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| firstdate = {{Start date and age|1995|09}} |
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| finaldate = {{End date and age|2018|12}} |
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| country = [[United States]] |
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| based = [[Washington, D.C.]] |
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| language = English |
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| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231145630/https://www.weeklystandard.com/|date=31 December 2018}} |
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| issn = 1083-3013 |
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'''''The Weekly Standard''''' was an American [[neoconservative]] political magazine of news, analysis, and commentary that was published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders [[Bill Kristol]] and [[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Fred Barnes]], the ''Standard'' was described as a "redoubt of neoconservatism" and as "the neocon bible."<ref>{{cite news |first=Max |last=Boot |url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002840 |title=What the Heck Is a 'Neocon'? |date=December 30, 2002 |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |quote="the Weekly Standard, ... is known as a redoubt of 'neoconservatism'" }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rachman |first=Gideon |date=January 15, 2007 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/709d908e-a4d8-11db-b0ef-0000779e2340.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/709d908e-a4d8-11db-b0ef-0000779e2340.html |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=The neo-cons' route to disaster |quote=... the neo-con bible, The Weekly Standard ... |work=[[Financial Times]] }}</ref> Its founding publisher, [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]], debuted the title on September 18, 1995.<ref>"Ten years ago, ''The Weekly Standard'' debuted, a conservative journal of opinion [f]rom Washington, D.C., edited by William Kristol". October 24, 2005. ''[[National Review]]'': "The Week".</ref> In 2009, News Corporation sold the magazine to a subsidiary of [[the Anschutz Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediadc.com/#our-brands|title=MediaDC.com|website=MediaDC.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> On December 14, 2018, its owners announced that the magazine would cease publication, with the last issue to be published on December 17.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/business/media/weekly-standard-closing.html|title=The Weekly Standard, Pugnacious to the End, Will Cease Publication|last1=Grynbaum|first1=Michael M.|date=December 14, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 15, 2018|last2=Rutenberg|first2=Jim|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Sources have attributed its demise to an increasing divergence between Kristol and other editors' shift towards anti-Trump positions on the one hand, and the magazine's audience's shift towards [[Trumpism]] on the other.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/who-killed-the-weekly-standard|title=Who Killed The Weekly Standard?|first=Benjamin|last=Wallace-Wells|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref> |
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Other frequent contributors include [[Stephen Schwartz (journalist)|Stephen Schwartz]], [[Matt Labash]], and [[Stephen F. Hayes]]. |
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Many of the magazine's articles were written by members of [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] think tanks located in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], including the [[American Enterprise Institute]], the [[Ethics and Public Policy Center]], the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]], the [[Hudson Institute]], and the [[Foreign Policy Initiative]]. Individuals who wrote for the magazine included [[Elliott Abrams]], [[Peter Berkowitz]], [[John Bolton]], Ellen Bork, [[David Brooks (commentator)|David Brooks]], [[Gertrude Himmelfarb]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[Harvey Mansfield]], [[Cynthia Ozick]], [[Joe Queenan (author)|Joe Queenan]], and [[John Yoo]]. The magazine's website also produced regular online-only commentaries and news articles. The site's editorial stance was described as neoconservative.<ref>McConnell, Scott. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20081023054858/http://www.amconmag.com/article/2005/nov/21/00018/ The Weekly Standard's War]". November 21, 2005. ''[[The American Conservative]]''</ref><ref>Smith, Ben. "[http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0609/Weekly_Standard_may_have_been_shooter_target.html Weekly Standard may have been shooter target] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104012345/http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0609/Weekly_Standard_may_have_been_shooter_target.html |date=January 4, 2010 }}" June 11, 2009. ''[[Politico]]''.</ref><ref>Magolick, David. "[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/21/the-return-of-the-neocons.html The Return of the Neocons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811213335/http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/21/the-return-of-the-neocons.html |date=August 11, 2010 }}" January 22, 2010. ''[[Newsweek]]''.</ref><ref>Carr, David. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040624110826/http://www.iht.com/articles/89505.html When this weekly speaks, White House listens]" March 12, 2003. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/the-winter-of-the-neocons-discontent-20130204 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207044306/http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/the-winter-of-the-neocons-discontent-20130204 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 7, 2013 | title=The Winter of the Neocons' Discontent | work=[[National Journal]] | date=February 4, 2013 | access-date=October 25, 2013 | author=Hirsh, Michael | author-link=Michael Hirsh (journalist) }}</ref> |
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Like [[National Review]] in the administration of [[Ronald Reagan]], it is very popular among [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]]'s administration. According to [[Vanity Fair magazine|''Vanity Fair'']] (July 2003; as quoted by [[Ben Bagdikian]] in ''[[The Media Monopoly|The New Media Monopoly]]''), the office of [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] alone receives a special delivery of thirty copies. Despite the magazine's perceived closeness to the administration, [[William Kristol]] has called for the resignation of Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld]] multiple times in the pages of the magazine. [[Donald Rumsfeld]] resigned shortly after these articles were published. |
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==History== |
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The magazine regularly runs cover stories on cultural issues. For example, recent covers have been about [[Mozart]]'s birthday (the caption being "Happy Birthday, Wolfgang") and one had an in depth look at the painting "[[American Gothic]]" (the caption being "American Gothic — Then and Now", with a picture of a young modern couple in place of the farmers). |
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The ''Standard'' was viewed as heavily influential during the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|administration of President George W. Bush]] (2001–2009), being called the [[Inflight magazine|in-flight magazine]] of [[Air Force One]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2BSgV1T|title=Weekly Standard faces uncertain future after holding its ground against Trump|last=Schwartz|first=Jason|date=December 4, 2018|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2003, although the magazine's circulation was only 55,000, Kristol said that "We have a funny relationship with the top tier of the administration. They very much keep us at arm's length, but [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] does send over someone to pick up 30 copies of the magazine every Monday."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/89505.html|title=When this weekly speaks, White House listens|last=Carr|first=David|date=June 24, 2004|work=New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624110826/http://www.iht.com/articles/89505.html|archive-date=June 24, 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref> |
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In 2006, though the publication had never been profitable and reputedly lost more than a million dollars a year, News Corporation head [[Rupert Murdoch]] initially dismissed the idea of selling it.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cassidy|first=John|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/10/16/061016fa_fact1?printable=true|title=Murdoch's Game|date=October 16, 2006|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref> Subsequently, in June 2009, a report circulated that a sale of the publication to [[Philip Anschutz]] was imminent, with Murdoch's position being that, having since purchased ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' in 2007, his interest in the smaller publication had diminished.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carr|first=David|author-link=David Carr (journalist)|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.fnytimes.com/2009/06/10/will-the-standard-pass-from-murdoch-to-anschutz/|title=Will The Standard Pass From Murdoch to Anschutz?|date=June 10, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Worden|first=Nat|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124465301083402649|title=News Corp. Close to Selling Weekly Standard|date=June 11, 2009|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Examiner]]'' reported that month that the ''Examiner''{{'}}s parent company, the Anschutz-owned [[Clarity Media Group]], had purchased the ''Standard'';<ref>"{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard-acquired-by-washington-examiner-parent-company|title=Weekly Standard sold to Washington Examiner parent company|date=June 17, 2009|work=The Washington Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Corcoran|first=Michael|url=https://fair.org/home/the-weekly-standards-war/|title=The Weekly Standard's War|date=September 1, 2009|work=[[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]]}}</ref> the price was about $1 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/business/media/03standard.html|title=New Owner for Weekly Standard as Political Tastes Change|last=Arango|first=Tim|date=August 2, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 6, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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The magazine loses more than a million dollars a year. Nevertheless, [[Rupert Murdoch]], the head of the News Corporation, denies that there are any plans to sell it.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/061016fa_fact1 "Murdoch's Game"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', 2006-10-16</ref> |
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The ''Standard'' increased its paid circulation by 39 percent between its June 2009 and June 2010 [[BPA Worldwide|BPA]] statements.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mickey|first=Bill|url=http://www.audiencedevelopment.com/2010/weekly+standard+boosts+its+circ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121071618/http://www.audiencedevelopment.com/2010/weekly+standard+boosts+its+circ|title=The Weekly Standard Boosts Its Circ|archive-date=November 21, 2010|date=October 6, 2010|website=Audience Development}}</ref> Its print circulation of about 100,000 in 2013 had decreased to 72,000 by 2017, according to the BPA, with circulation dropping about 10 percent between 2016 and 2017.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Advocacy journalism== |
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''The Weekly Standard'', like ''[[The Nation]]'', is an example of [[advocacy journalism]], a [[genre]] of [[journalism]] that allows the expression of opinion. In an interview with senior ''Standard'' writer Matt Labash published by JournalismJobs.com in May 2003, Labash was asked why conservative media outlets had enjoyed recent popularity. Labash responded, somewhat jocularly:<ref>[http://www.journalismjobs.com/matt_labash.cfm Interview with Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard], [[JournalismJobs.com]], May 2003</ref> |
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{{cquote|Because they feed the rage. We bring the pain to the liberal media. I say that mockingly, but it's true somewhat. We come with a strong point of view and people like point of view journalism. While all these hand-wringing [[Freedom Forum]] types talk about objectivity, the conservative media likes to rap the liberal media on the knuckles for not being objective. We've created this cottage industry in which it pays to be un-objective. It pays to be subjective as much as possible. It's a great way to have your cake and eat it too. Criticize other people for not being objective. Be as subjective as you want. It's a great little racket. I'm glad we found it actually.}} |
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''[[The American Conservative]]'' said of the magazine "[I]f Rupert Murdoch’s purpose was to make things happen in Washington and in the world, he could not have leveraged it better. One could spend 10 times that much on political action committees without achieving anything comparable." <ref>Scott McConnell, "[http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_11_21/article.html Murdoch’s mag stands athwart history yelling, “Attack!”]," ''[[The American Conservative]]'', [[21 November]] [[2005]].</ref> |
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In late 2016, Kristol ended his time as editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/310193-bill-kristol-stepping-down-as-weekly-standard-editor-in-chief|title=Bill Kristol stepping down as Weekly Standard editor-in-chief|last=Rupert|first=Evelyn|date=December 13, 2016|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref> He was replaced by Stephen Hayes, the magazine's senior writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/32765/|title=Stephen F. Hayes '93 to Succeed William Kristol as Editor-in-Chief of The Weekly Standard|date=December 13, 2016|website=DePauw University|language=en|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref> Under Hayes' leadership, the ''Standard'' continued to be as critical of Donald Trump as it had been under Kristol; Trump's supporters in turn criticized the ''Standard'', and the magazine's influence as Republican circles dwindled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/04/media/weekly-standard-future-uncertain/index.html|title=Fate of The Weekly Standard is uncertain, editor tells staff|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|date=December 5, 2018|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> |
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==Editorial staff and contributors== |
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[[Terry Eastland]], publisher, often writes articles in the magazine. |
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In December 2017, ''The Weekly Standard'' became an official [[fact-checking]] partner for [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/1095509/facebooks-latest-solution-to-its-fake-news-problem-sign-on-a-right-wing-fact-checker/|title=Facebook looks to conservative Weekly Standard to combat its fake news problem — Quartz|website=qz.com|date=October 7, 2017 |language=en|access-date=September 15, 2018}}</ref> |
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===Editorial staff=== |
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On December 14, 2018, Clarity Media Group announced that it would cease publication of the magazine after 23 years. While some speculated that the closure of ''The Weekly Standard'' was so Clarity Media's other magazine, the ''[[Washington Examiner]]'', could absorb the ''Standard''{{'}}s subscribers, a statement from Clarity Media Group chairman Ryan McKibben said that such speculation was incorrect.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |title=The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine critical of Trump, to shutter after 23 years |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/14/media/weekly-standard-end/index.html |website=[[CNN Business]] |date=December 14, 2018 |publisher=[[CNN]] Interactive |access-date=December 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/dec/14/weekly-standard-closes-rightwing-media-trump|title=Weekly Standard, rightwing magazine opposed to Trump, closes after 23 years|first=Ed|last=Pilkington|newspaper=The Guardian |date=December 14, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Kristol attributed the magazine's demise to the hostility of supporters of the [[Donald Trump]] administration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the Other Resistance: The Republican One |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/magazine/republican-primary-trump-resistance.html |work=New York Times |date=24 April 2019}}</ref> |
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Editorial staff who often appear with by-lines in the magazine: |
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===Support of the invasion of Iraq=== |
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The ''Standard'' promoted and supported the invasion of Iraq to remove [[Saddam Hussein]]. In November 1997 [[Bill Kristol]] and [[Robert Kagan]] wrote an editorial titled "Saddam Must Go", in which they stated "We know it seems unthinkable to propose another ground attack to take Baghdad. But it's time to start thinking the unthinkable."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/saddam-must-go|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205162054/https://www.weeklystandard.com/saddam-must-go|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2018|title=SADDAM MUST Go|last=Kristol|first=Bill|date=November 17, 1997|website=WeeklyStandard|language=en|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[William Kristol]], editor |
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* [[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Fred Barnes]], executive editor |
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In the first issue the magazine published after [[9/11]], according to [[Scott McConnell]] of ''[[The American Conservative]]'', "[[Gary Schmitt]] and [[Giselle Donnelly|Tom Donnelly]], two employees of Kristol’s [[Project for the New American Century|PNAC]], clarified what ought to be the country’s war aims. Their rhetoric was to link Saddam Hussein and [[Osama bin Laden]] in virtually every paragraph, to join them at the hip in the minds of readers, and then to lay out a strategy that actually gave attacking Saddam priority over eliminating al-Qaeda."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-weekly-standards-war/|title=The Weekly Standard's War|last=McConnell|first=Scott|date=November 21, 2005|website=TheAmericanConservative|language=en|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Richard Starr]], deputy editor |
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* [[Claudia Anderson]], managing editor |
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On December 16, 2018, co-founder and contributing editor [[John Podhoretz]] defended the coverage answering the question by [[Lulu Garcia-Navarro]] on [[NPR]]: "Do you regret the coverage of Iraq War?" saying "I think, basically, what—all a magazine—editors, writers—can promise is that they will be honest and say what they mean and think and argue the best way that they can. And with the facts available at the time, that is what The ''Standard'' did."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/16/677157708/co-founder-cannibalism-not-anti-trump-stand-killed-weekly-standard|title=Co-Founder: 'Cannibalism,' Not Anti-Trump Stand, Killed 'Weekly Standard'|date=December 16, 2018|website=[[NPR]]|language=en|access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> |
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* Senior editors: |
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** [[Christopher Caldwell]] |
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===Libel case=== |
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** [[Andrew Ferguson (journalist)|Andrew Ferguson]] |
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In 1997, nearly a year after a cover story that included allegations of hiring a prostitute and plagiarism against best-selling author [[Deepak Chopra]], the editors of ''The Weekly Standard'' accepted full responsibility for the errors in the story, and apologized."<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/apology-to-deepak-chopra-the-weekly-standard-suit-settled-156220725.html APOLOGY TO DEEPAK CHOPRA: THE WEEKLY STANDARD SUIT SETTLED] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017105814/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/apology-to-deepak-chopra-the-weekly-standard-suit-settled-156220725.html |date=October 17, 2014 }}, [[PR Newswire]], June 23, 1997. Retrieved October 12, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jun/24/self-help-guru-settles-libel-lawsuit/ Self-help guru settles libel lawsuit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016124515/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jun/24/self-help-guru-settles-libel-lawsuit/ |date=October 16, 2014 }}, [[Spokesman-Review]], June 24, 1997. Retrieved October 12, 2014.</ref> Chopra claimed that the magazine settled for $1.6 million.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2000/03/07/chopra/ The Art of the Spiritual Smackdown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019054735/http://www.salon.com/2000/03/07/chopra/ |date=October 19, 2014 }}, [[Salon.com]], Stephen Lemons, March 7, 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2014.</ref> |
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** [[David Tell]] |
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* Assistant managing editors: |
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==Notable personnel== |
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** [[David Skinner]] |
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** [[Victorino Matus]] |
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===Editorial staff=== |
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*[[Philip Terzian]], Books & Arts editor |
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* [[Stephen F. Hayes]], Editor-in-Chief |
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* [[Bill Kristol]], Editor at large |
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* Senior writers: |
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* [[Fred Barnes (journalist)|Fred Barnes]], Executive Editor |
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** [[Stephen F. Hayes]] |
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* [[Christopher Caldwell (journalist)|Christopher Caldwell]], [[Andrew Ferguson]], [[Lee Smith (journalist)|Lee Smith]], [[Philip Terzian]], Senior Editors |
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** [[Matt Labash]] |
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* [[Jonathan V. Last]], Digital Editor |
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* Assistant editors: |
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* [[Matt Labash]], Senior Writer |
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** [[Matthew Continetti]] |
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** [[Sonny Bunch]] |
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* [[Jonathan V. Last]], online editor |
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* [[Daniel McKivergan]], online foreign editor |
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* [[Duncan Currie]], reporter |
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* [[Michael Goldfarb]], deputy online editor |
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===Contributing editors=== |
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* [[Gerard Baker]] |
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* [[Max Boot]] |
* [[Max Boot]] |
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* [[Joseph Bottum]] |
* [[Joseph Bottum (author)|Joseph Bottum]] |
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* [[Tucker Carlson]] |
* [[Tucker Carlson]] |
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* [[Matthew Continetti]] |
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* [[Noemie Emery]] |
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* [[Joseph Epstein (writer)|Joseph Epstein]] |
* [[Joseph Epstein (writer)|Joseph Epstein]] |
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* [[David Frum]] |
* [[David Frum]] |
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* [[David Gelernter]] |
* [[David Gelernter]] |
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* [[Reuel Marc Gerecht]] |
* [[Reuel Marc Gerecht]] |
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* [[Michael Goldfarb (political writer)|Michael Goldfarb]] |
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* [[Mary Katharine Ham]] |
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* [[Brit Hume]] |
* [[Brit Hume]] |
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* [[Frederick Kagan]] |
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* [[Robert Kagan]] |
* [[Robert Kagan]] |
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* [[Charles Krauthammer]] |
* [[Charles Krauthammer]] |
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* [[Tod Lindberg]] |
* [[Tod Lindberg]] |
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* [[Rob Messenger]] |
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* [[P. J. O'Rourke]] |
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* [[John Podhoretz]] |
* [[John Podhoretz]] |
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* [[Irwin Stelzer]] |
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* [http://www.weeklystandard.com/ ''The Weekly Standard'' website] |
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* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20181231145630/https://www.weeklystandard.com/}} |
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* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20914FE3C5A0C728DDDAA0894DB404482 "White House Listens When Weekly Speaks"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[11 March]] [[2003]] (TimesSelect access or purchase required) |
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.jpg) December 24, 2018 issue of The Weekly Standard | |
| Editor | Stephen F. Hayes |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Terry Eastland |
| Total circulation (December 2018) | ~50,000[1] |
| First issue | September 1995 |
| Final issue | December 2018 |
| Company | Clarity Media Group |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | English |
| Website | Archived 31 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| ISSN | 1083-3013 |
The Weekly Standard was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis, and commentary that was published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard was described as a "redoubt of neoconservatism" and as "the neocon bible."[2][3] Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title on September 18, 1995.[4] In 2009, News Corporation sold the magazine to a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation.[5] On December 14, 2018, its owners announced that the magazine would cease publication, with the last issue to be published on December 17.[6] Sources have attributed its demise to an increasing divergence between Kristol and other editors' shift towards anti-Trump positions on the one hand, and the magazine's audience's shift towards Trumpism on the other.[7]
Many of the magazine's articles were written by members of conservative think tanks located in Washington, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the Hudson Institute, and the Foreign Policy Initiative. Individuals who wrote for the magazine included Elliott Abrams, Peter Berkowitz, John Bolton, Ellen Bork, David Brooks, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Christopher Hitchens, Harvey Mansfield, Cynthia Ozick, Joe Queenan, and John Yoo. The magazine's website also produced regular online-only commentaries and news articles. The site's editorial stance was described as neoconservative.[8][9][10][11][12]
History
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The Standard was viewed as heavily influential during the administration of President George W. Bush (2001–2009), being called the in-flight magazine of Air Force One.[13] In 2003, although the magazine's circulation was only 55,000, Kristol said that "We have a funny relationship with the top tier of the administration. They very much keep us at arm's length, but Vice President Dick Cheney does send over someone to pick up 30 copies of the magazine every Monday."[14]
In 2006, though the publication had never been profitable and reputedly lost more than a million dollars a year, News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch initially dismissed the idea of selling it.[15] Subsequently, in June 2009, a report circulated that a sale of the publication to Philip Anschutz was imminent, with Murdoch's position being that, having since purchased The Wall Street Journal in 2007, his interest in the smaller publication had diminished.[16][17] The Washington Examiner reported that month that the Examiner's parent company, the Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group, had purchased the Standard;[18][19] the price was about $1 million.[20]
The Standard increased its paid circulation by 39 percent between its June 2009 and June 2010 BPA statements.[21] Its print circulation of about 100,000 in 2013 had decreased to 72,000 by 2017, according to the BPA, with circulation dropping about 10 percent between 2016 and 2017.[13]
In late 2016, Kristol ended his time as editor-in-chief.[22] He was replaced by Stephen Hayes, the magazine's senior writer.[23] Under Hayes' leadership, the Standard continued to be as critical of Donald Trump as it had been under Kristol; Trump's supporters in turn criticized the Standard, and the magazine's influence as Republican circles dwindled.[24]
In December 2017, The Weekly Standard became an official fact-checking partner for Facebook.[25]
On December 14, 2018, Clarity Media Group announced that it would cease publication of the magazine after 23 years. While some speculated that the closure of The Weekly Standard was so Clarity Media's other magazine, the Washington Examiner, could absorb the Standard's subscribers, a statement from Clarity Media Group chairman Ryan McKibben said that such speculation was incorrect.[26][27] Kristol attributed the magazine's demise to the hostility of supporters of the Donald Trump administration.[28]
Support of the invasion of Iraq
[edit]The Standard promoted and supported the invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein. In November 1997 Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan wrote an editorial titled "Saddam Must Go", in which they stated "We know it seems unthinkable to propose another ground attack to take Baghdad. But it's time to start thinking the unthinkable."[29]
In the first issue the magazine published after 9/11, according to Scott McConnell of The American Conservative, "Gary Schmitt and Tom Donnelly, two employees of Kristol’s PNAC, clarified what ought to be the country’s war aims. Their rhetoric was to link Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in virtually every paragraph, to join them at the hip in the minds of readers, and then to lay out a strategy that actually gave attacking Saddam priority over eliminating al-Qaeda."[30]
On December 16, 2018, co-founder and contributing editor John Podhoretz defended the coverage answering the question by Lulu Garcia-Navarro on NPR: "Do you regret the coverage of Iraq War?" saying "I think, basically, what—all a magazine—editors, writers—can promise is that they will be honest and say what they mean and think and argue the best way that they can. And with the facts available at the time, that is what The Standard did."[31]
Libel case
[edit]In 1997, nearly a year after a cover story that included allegations of hiring a prostitute and plagiarism against best-selling author Deepak Chopra, the editors of The Weekly Standard accepted full responsibility for the errors in the story, and apologized."[32][33] Chopra claimed that the magazine settled for $1.6 million.[34]
Notable personnel
[edit]Editorial staff
[edit]- Stephen F. Hayes, Editor-in-Chief
- Bill Kristol, Editor at large
- Fred Barnes, Executive Editor
- Christopher Caldwell, Andrew Ferguson, Lee Smith, Philip Terzian, Senior Editors
- Jonathan V. Last, Digital Editor
- Matt Labash, Senior Writer
Contributing editors
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Farhi, Paul (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, influential conservative magazine, will shutter". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- ^ Boot, Max (December 30, 2002). "What the Heck Is a 'Neocon'?". Wall Street Journal.
the Weekly Standard, ... is known as a redoubt of 'neoconservatism'
- ^ Rachman, Gideon (January 15, 2007). "The neo-cons' route to disaster". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022.
... the neo-con bible, The Weekly Standard ...
- ^ "Ten years ago, The Weekly Standard debuted, a conservative journal of opinion [f]rom Washington, D.C., edited by William Kristol". October 24, 2005. National Review: "The Week".
- ^ "MediaDC.com". MediaDC.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ^ Grynbaum, Michael M.; Rutenberg, Jim (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, Pugnacious to the End, Will Cease Publication". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ^ Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. "Who Killed The Weekly Standard?". The New Yorker.
- ^ McConnell, Scott. "The Weekly Standard's War". November 21, 2005. The American Conservative
- ^ Smith, Ben. "Weekly Standard may have been shooter target Archived January 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine" June 11, 2009. Politico.
- ^ Magolick, David. "The Return of the Neocons Archived August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine" January 22, 2010. Newsweek.
- ^ Carr, David. "When this weekly speaks, White House listens" March 12, 2003. The New York Times.
- ^ Hirsh, Michael (February 4, 2013). "The Winter of the Neocons' Discontent". National Journal. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ a b Schwartz, Jason (December 4, 2018). "Weekly Standard faces uncertain future after holding its ground against Trump". Politico. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Carr, David (June 24, 2004). "When this weekly speaks, White House listens". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 24, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Cassidy, John (October 16, 2006). "Murdoch's Game". The New Yorker.
- ^ Carr, David (June 10, 2009). "Will The Standard Pass From Murdoch to Anschutz?". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- ^ Worden, Nat (June 11, 2009). "News Corp. Close to Selling Weekly Standard". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- ^ ""Weekly Standard sold to Washington Examiner parent company". The Washington Examiner. June 17, 2009.
- ^ Corcoran, Michael (September 1, 2009). "The Weekly Standard's War". Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.
- ^ Arango, Tim (August 2, 2009). "New Owner for Weekly Standard as Political Tastes Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Mickey, Bill (October 6, 2010). "The Weekly Standard Boosts Its Circ". Audience Development. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010.
- ^ Rupert, Evelyn (December 13, 2016). "Bill Kristol stepping down as Weekly Standard editor-in-chief". The Hill. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Stephen F. Hayes '93 to Succeed William Kristol as Editor-in-Chief of The Weekly Standard". DePauw University. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (December 5, 2018). "Fate of The Weekly Standard is uncertain, editor tells staff". CNN.
- ^ "Facebook looks to conservative Weekly Standard to combat its fake news problem — Quartz". qz.com. October 7, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (December 14, 2018). "The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine critical of Trump, to shutter after 23 years". CNN Business. CNN Interactive. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- ^ Pilkington, Ed (December 14, 2018). "Weekly Standard, rightwing magazine opposed to Trump, closes after 23 years". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Meet the Other Resistance: The Republican One". New York Times. April 24, 2019.
- ^ Kristol, Bill (November 17, 1997). "SADDAM MUST Go". WeeklyStandard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ McConnell, Scott (November 21, 2005). "The Weekly Standard's War". TheAmericanConservative. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Co-Founder: 'Cannibalism,' Not Anti-Trump Stand, Killed 'Weekly Standard'". NPR. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ APOLOGY TO DEEPAK CHOPRA: THE WEEKLY STANDARD SUIT SETTLED Archived October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, PR Newswire, June 23, 1997. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ Self-help guru settles libel lawsuit Archived October 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Spokesman-Review, June 24, 1997. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ The Art of the Spiritual Smackdown Archived October 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Salon.com, Stephen Lemons, March 7, 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
External links
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Media related to The Weekly Standard at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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