Osama Bin Laden: Magazine Magnate

This morning the government released a trove of documents that were found at Osama bin Laden’s compound after he was killed, and among them were letters in which Bin Laden gave advice on how magazines should operate. As you might have guessed, Bin Laden would’ve been quite the stickler with his editors.

A few of his ideas:

It is important for you to focus a portion of your interest on the Mujahidin (This means “Those doing jihad,” or “strugglers”) publications; provide them with advice and guidance to avoid the mistakes that would impact either the reputation of the Mujahidin and the sympathy of the nation’s masses or that would impact the mind and the character of the youths — who rely mainly in their culture on the publications issued by the Mujahidin and their partisans.

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