bq. Stephen Colbert has been named first guest editor for the recently redesigned magazine in the title’s 76-year-history. Editor Jon Meacham was “just very impressed with the range of his knowledge” and “almost encyclopedic feel for anything that came up” after the two ate lunch together.
[Source.]
Some might bemoan this as yet another demeaning genuflection of political journalism before entertainment. But before they do, let me note the crawl I saw on CNN at 4:27 pm yesterday:
bq. OCTOMOM SLAMS KATE GOSSELIN.[1]
By comparison, a Colbert-edited issue of Newsweek is pretty much The Federalist Papers.
fn1. If you must.