Newsweek says may have erred in Koran report

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[Fresh Wind]

"We regret that we got any part of our story wrong..."

Translation: We regret that the story isn't true, but we published it anyway, just in case.

[cherokee1]

Isn't this a "fire in a theater" event pretty much outside the 1st amendment protections. Newsweek deserves what it's gonna get!

[Publius6961]

So what's the problem?
The shallow end of the human gene pool is a tiny bit cleaner now.

[cherokee1]

This would be a "me first" deal---the Muslims could have them if they could beat me to them.

[felixmh]

"Newsweek helped kill innocent Men, Women and Children with a false report...Like CBS did with Bush. One by one...."

Comparing these 2 might be stretching it a bit. I'm not aware of any innocents that died because of CBS's stupidity.
This story has made me angry than anything else media-related so far. I hope someone at Newsweek is held responsible for the consequences of their story.
I have no problem with the media reporting inflammatory information as long as it is checked and true.

[Menehune56]

Whenever I see Isikoff on TV he comes across as an arrogant, smartest-guy-in-the room type. I hope he's toast.

[ldjack]

For you Monty Python fans:

"I'm very, very sorry and I won't do it again."

[PittsburghAfterDark]

I wonder, has anyone seen the DUmmies respond to this?

[dannyboy72]

Newsweek just wanted to tar and feather the Bush Administration and sell more magazines. They could care less about these people dying over there. It's great PR for them and writing an apology just keeps them in the headlines. The epitome of MSM when you print rumors from unnamed sources (if he had any) when you have troops at war.

Isn't it Treason to divulge military tactics during a time of War. Reporter or no, you tell the enemy what we're doing and it's Treason. Short drop and a quick stop!!!

[marvlus]

While I feel it is wrong for Newsweek to have erred as it did, it does show the strong intolerance that the Islam religion has. Can you imagine the rage of these fanatics if a group of people were televised throwing hundreds of copies of the Koran into a huge bonfire, or into a huge open sewer?

[Old North State]

I'm not so sure Newsweek accomplished its mission, which was to cause trouble for its political adversaries, Bush and the Military. I think this will redound on them,but not much as the story will be left to die a quiet death. That will be too bad, because the larger story here should focus on the irrational, non linear response any supposed slight can evince among Muslims. Islam is assuming more and more trappings of a violent, murderous cult.
This incident will be used as justification for suppressing any criticism of Islam for fear of the insane reactions. The mission accomplished will be for Islam in insulating itself from the modern world as it grows more bloodthirsty.

[NutCrackerBoy]

Newsweek erred in a way that fueled anti-Americanism. CBS erred in the National Guard story that could have brought down a sitting President. Shouldn't screw up when the stakes are that high, but it isn't only about screwups. When CBS broke the Abu Ghraib pictures, they caused beheadings and a major long-term loss of face for USA. It wasn't a screwup per se, but they did not have to publish the pictures - the story was already known. They needed to report responsibly.

[AZHua87]

Sent SecState an email on this stating that if Newsweek lied they should be required to give a public on air live feed apology to the Pakistan people in Pres Musharif's presence. We'll see if anything comes of it. No response but it's the weekend. State works as hard on weekends now as it did in the fall of 1941.

[SkyPilot]

[Darksheare]

Yeah, don't you love it?
"Ooops, we jump the gun, people die, and all we have to say for ourselves is that we MAY have erred." -Newsweak

[Txsleuth]

In other words, the way the world is, we HAVE to be PC to keep from losing lives!

And the dems have congresscritters that get up on the House floor everyday and the senate for that matter, that are furious that Bush won't just bring all the troops home and try to "communicate" with these animals!!!

[mware]

Hey Newsweek tell that to those who were murdered because of your erroneous story.

[paul_fromatlanta]

>>The weekly news magazine said in its May 23 edition that the original source of the allegation was not sure where he saw the assertion that at least one copy of the Koran was flushed down a toilet in an attempt to get detainees to talk<<

I'm a big supporter of freedom of the press and feel criticizing the government when appropriate...

But we need a better explanation than this. Newsweek has got to be nuts if they think a statement like that is going to be the end of it.

BTW, I'm also not completely satisfied with the Army's investigation. They just said that flushing the Koran was not recorded in the interrogation logs. That doesn't mean it didn't happen.

[jmaroneps37]

Lying ratmedia skunks. These dirty bas^&%ds have caused people to die. And the mutts in the ratmedia want us to respect them as honest reporters of fact.

[tkathy]

I would love to see huge lawsuits wipe them off the face of the map.