The
latest cover of
Newsweek magazine, which features GOP presidential hopeful
Michele Bachmann staring wildly into the camera and headlined "Queen of Rage," has renewed a debate about bias in the mainstream media against right-wing politicians. Even some liberal writers questioned the use of the picture, but clearly the greatest scorn was expressed by conservative bloggers who are attacking
Newsweek editor
Tina Brown. The controversy even forced Brown to issue a statement defending the magazine's choice of the photo: "Michele Bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in Iowa right now and Newsweek's cover captures that," she wrote on her
Twitter account. The magazine is now also drawing accusations of sexism from the
National Women's Organization, a group that is strongly opposed to Bachmann's political stance. "They are basically casting her as a nut job," said
Terry O'Neill, president of the group. "The 'Queen of Rage' is something you apply to wrestlers or somebody who is crazy. The main reason why we would stand up for Michele Bachmann and defend her against these kinds of misogynistic attacks is we want women to run for office," O'Neill added, the UK's
Telegraph reports.