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November 11, 2013

Cover Story
The Media Kowtow
Why is the coverage of China's government so obsequious?
By Mark Hemingway
Also in This Issue
  • Spying on Friends — Reuel Marc Gerecht
  • Questions They Won't Answer — Stephen F. Hayes & Thomas Joscelyn
  • No, You Can't Keep It — John McCormack

This issue of The Weekly Standard examined American media's deferential coverage of China's government, with Mark Hemingway's cover feature investigating why press treatment of Beijing had become so obsequious. The issue also featured Reuel Marc Gerecht on NSA surveillance of European allies, Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn pressing unanswered questions about the Benghazi attacks, and John McCormack analyzing the failures of the Affordable Care Act rollout. Additional pieces included Fred Barnes on Churchill's return to Capitol prominence and Jay Cost on restoring the presidential "clerkship."

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