Anti-US demonstrations in some countries.
The enemy posts this stuff on web sites for recruiting purposes.
The anti-American agenda beats their chest. Other news agencies repeat the story.
The US anti-war, anti-military crowd feels Justified.
Riots in some places.
Flag burnings abroad.
The story was beaten repeatedly in the international media, the correction I heard “ONCE”. Our image is tarnished.
After the fact, Newsweek says "Ooops-sorry about that". I guess it's no big deal? "It's all good" Right? Even their apology is probably not forthcoming. Just a quick reaction to head off what would have come had they not retracted their false claim. So they go back on what they say, but do so in a way where they keep face and maintain that their might be "some" truth to this. Disgusting. Just make it grey enough to where they can't be sued for slander.
But what can you expect of a magazine that published an article in 2003 claiming the war in Iraq only went so well because of "Clinton’s Army". Giving Clinton credit for the militaries success when it was he like no other in history who “bled” the DoD and even coined a term for it, “Peace Dividend”.
If I write something hideous and untruthful. If this harms someone, maybe causes them to loose a job, have their marriage break up and this person is labeled as a crook. If later the truth is unveiled that it’s just BS (CBS-Dan Rather style), the victim gets what? “Ooops, sorry about that.” But the media will surly want to keep the $$millions$$ they made.
Like Rather, that journalist deserves to be exposed and fired. That’s after he apologizes in print, radio and TV. While I understand the need for a free press, I also understand the concept of “responsibility”. The writer of this story is either: 1. Incompetent and needs fired. 2. Lied, is unethical/unprofessional and needs fired. What is it? Liar or idiot? Always give people options!
Red6
Get a load of this......
Muslims doubt Quran climbdown
"We will not be deceived by this," Islamic cleric Mullah Sadullah Abu Aman told Reuters in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan.
"This is a decision by America to save itself. It comes because of American pressure. Even an ordinary illiterate peasant understands this and won't accept it."