it's just whiteframing. Frames the story in a way that makes them look fare more backward than they actually are.
example: "India to ban marital rape in 2013" (even though most western countries only banned it in the late 90s/2000s. But the implied subtext is that western countries dealt with that issue back in WW2 or something)
why is newsweek printing this
My exact thought
chapo in newsweek converting the libs
Because to them this sounds as insane and preposterous as Kim Jong Un forcing everyone to have his haircut or feeding his uncle to dogs
it's just whiteframing. Frames the story in a way that makes them look fare more backward than they actually are.
example: "India to ban marital rape in 2013" (even though most western countries only banned it in the late 90s/2000s. But the implied subtext is that western countries dealt with that issue back in WW2 or something)
"lol what a nutcase! jeeves, fetch me my night cap, i have grown weary reading these tidings"