Newsweek Was Right

[jayfish]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/132550

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The Bush Administration's aggressive response to a Newsweek story alleging that US interrogators at Guantanamo Bay flushed the Koran down the toilet in front of Islamic detainees displays the height of hypocrisy. After Newsweek clumsily issued an apology, followed by a retraction, White House spokesman Scott McClellan called on the magazine to "help repair the damage that has been done, particularly in the region," by explaining "what happened and why they got it wrong." Maybe the Bush Administration should do the same, by opening up its secret facilities for inspection to the Red Cross and other third-party observers. We are printing below a letter from reader Calgacus--a pseudonym for a researcher in the national security field for the past twenty years--that shows how the desecration of the Koran became standard US interrogation practice.
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It's good to see someone stand-up for those (Newsweek) who obviously cannot stand-up for themselves. The way that Newsweek has handled this episode is laughable at best.



Jay

[xultar]

1. And the walls come-a tumblin' down....

:applause?

[Roland99]

2. Great piece!

[whistle]

3. Of course the Newsweek reporter who wrote the story knows....

...that the facts are correct, but like CBS did on the Dan Rather incident, the Newsweek editors value their own soft jobs more than the pursuit of truth. So they took the easier softer way and bent down to kiss all of the asses of the administration.

[Briar]

4. Yes they were right

shame on them for grovelling at Bush's feet instead of standing up for the truth.

[renaissanceguy]

5. Journalism is a joke.

We're back in the 18th/19th century, when the press was partisan, and the president blocked any criticism of U.S. policy.


http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.21272015

[SOS]

8. It's like the Sedition Act of 1798

No wonder the neocons are all reading that Adams biography!

[MODemocrat]

14. The media should not back down from the truth

Bush is a lame duck, that is unless he fixes it so he can run until he's 100 years old. The media are nothing more than enablers for this administration, and should all be prosecuted from hiding the truth from this country.
Shame on them. :dunce: :spank:

[ckramer]

6. Newsweek is stupid to apologize for doing their job

Or should I say the management of the Newsweek is stupid, spineless and idiotic. This episode permanently damages their reputation as a serious publication.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

9. That depends on how they were threatened, don't you think? Surely....

...you don't believe the White House politely requested that Newsweek retract the story, do you?

And then you have to ask yourself how far did the threats go? Did they stop with threats to have the senior management removed from Newsweek, or did they go as far as mentioning that they knew where their grandchildren went to school?

As far as damaging their reputation, I think anyone knows at this point what tactics were used to make Newsweek retract the story...besides, if they were paying attention, they saw it being used before with the Dan Rather situation.

[wrate]

12. I think you are right on. It doesn't make sense to publish something and

then retract. Newsweek knew some of this was going to happen and should have expected the * Mafia trying to discredit their story in any way possible. Something else happened there that we obviously don't know about. Otherwise it's idiotic to print a story that is going to get you in so much trouble and still end up as untrue. There has to be much more to this than what meets the eye.

[mouyard]

7. Great Cartoon

[newyawker99]

15. Hi mouyard!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[AndyTiedye]

10. The Regime Will Have No More Trouble From the Media

[MsUnderstood]

11. The saddest part

Is that nobody (meaning the general public) cares that Newsweek was right. My newspaper published and editorial saying newsweek's information caused the rioiting (wrong) and that it was a preposterous claim by newsweek because "have you ever tried to flush a book down a commode?".

I find this ludicrious because the point wasn't to flush the book down the toliet it was to PUT IT IN THE TOLIET. Where is the front page story that not everyone in the Administration believes this caused the riot, that the administration is telling the press what to write (PROPOGANDA) and that many other newspapers have report this bit of info in the past without rioting . . .

OH this gets me so annoyed.

[jayfish]

13. That's Newsweek's Fault.

Their explanation of what was wrong with the original story was so parsed that most people would just come away scratching their collective heads. I don't really blame the public on this one.

Jay