What Hath the MSM Wrought NOW?

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washingtonpost.com
Newsweek Apologizes
Inaccurate Report on Koran Led to Riots

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, May 16, 2005; A01

Newsweek apologized yesterday for an inaccurate report on the treatment of detainees that triggered several days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 15 people died.

Editor Mark Whitaker expressed regret over the item in the magazine's "Periscope" section, saying it was based on a confidential source -- a "senior U.S. government official" -- who now says he is not sure whether the story is true.

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The deadly consequences of the May 1 report, and its reliance on the unnamed source, have sparked considerable anger at the Pentagon. Spokesman Bryan Whitman called Newsweek's report "irresponsible" and "demonstrably false," saying the magazine "hid behind anonymous sources which by their own admission do not withstand scrutiny. Unfortunately, they cannot retract the damage that they have done to this nation or those who were viciously attacked by those false allegations."


Expressing regret isn't going to bring back all of the dead, nor repair the damaged structures brought about by yet another inaccurate MSM story! For God's sake, are these people TRYING to get the Islamic world to attack us again? If Newsweak were a right-leaning rag, you know the Untied Nations would be putting Whitaker's feet to the fire over all of this!

BTW - Cox and Forkum have a great cartoon related to this. See it here!