Oh this is rich!
Riots spread across Afghanistan and Pakistan last week, incited by a Newsweek story reporting on alleged Qur'an desecration at Guatanamo Bay. But guess what? Now they are saying they might have been wrong about it. But hey, at least they apologized, right?:
But we regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst.
But we regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst.
posted by CaliValleyGirl at 12:31 AM
10 Comments:
Criminy. That's just... ugh.
I tried to post a comment on here earlier today. Blogger is horrible.
I agree that Newsweek totally messed up. I agree that they should be held responsible for their own publications. I will agree with everything that gets handed out here, but not just yet.
George W. Bush was wrong about WMD in Iraq. He was wrong and thousands of people have been killed. And thousands more will be probably. How is this any different?
The American government published reports about Iraqi WMD capabilities. All turned out to be wrong. How is the Newsweek any different?
The American government published a fake document which it insisted proved Saddam was trying to obtain WMD material from Africa. The document was fake. What's the difference?
I understand the realms of journalism. I also understand the ethics involved in all.
How is this any different from, oh let's say, the fake reporter loaded with snowball questions Bush placed in his press conferences?
How is this any different from, oh let's say, Bush paying commentators to do fake stories about failed presidential policies, like the No Child Left Behind scandal?
What's the difference between this Newsweek deal and the press, just two years ago, not double checking the facts, and seemingly printing anything the government said to be true concerning the run up to the invasion of Iraq?
The press took the Bush administration for its word, without double checking anything. What's the difference? To me that's ethically just as wrong.
I could go on and on.
Rumsfield coming out and saying that the apology is not enough, is just so comical.
Bush hasn't apologized any for all his mistakes. Bush's actions of being wrong have cost way more lives than anything Newsweek has done.
MJ, I was reading a post at DailyKos, entitled "Pot meet Kettle" that said just that.
I feel differently about this, than you, suffice to say.
I think the role of the media can't be compared to the role of a president. The role of the media is to inform. The role of the president is to make decisions, and lead a country. Publishing an article that is false is a total failure, and the editors at Newsweek agree. But the jury is still out over Bush's leadership.
Oh, but ValleyGirl, the government has published many such articles that are just as wrong as Newsweek.
I totally agree that this is a case of pot meet kettle or whatever.
Rush Limbaugh sends out a newsletter that is filled with false information. What is the difference?
I do not think it's okay for the government to lie, whether it's Bush or not.
Most of Bush's economic data is filled with errors. And his debate about Social Security is some of the most dishonest I have ever heard.
I believe conservatives like to use the term "trickle down" when they refer to something that starts at the top and works its way down.
Government dishonesty spreads to the media. How can we expect the media to be honest when the president isn't?
MJ...
How the hell do you know he was wrong? We're you there? I would say Saddam was a weapon of mass destruction himself. Have you ever talked to a person whose entire family has been wiped out by that asshole? Did we find a large nuclear warhead? No. But what we did find was a country awaiting to be freed. What we found was a lot of non-Iraqis showing up to fight in Iraq rather than America. I tell you what, MJ, since your types always have the answers. Would you like another Sept. 11? See that's what the President is doing. He's being proactive rather than sitting back drinking a latte and reading philosophical bull shit. I am sick and tired of people like you, MJ, who have the answer to everything and muck up the world with your ridicules statements. You have know idea what it is like in Iraq and you have no idea how much we were / are needed there. And you have no idea how much people in that region hate us. You probably want to think that they have the right to have their own opinion and if they hate us, well, that's their right. But, their hate is different than ours. We express our hate with a finger. They express theirs with an AK 47. I promise you that we have killed thousands of U.S. haters who would love to drive a car bomb up to an American school. But I suppose with your logic, that is their right. So the next time you are in your liberal little coffee shop reading Larry the Liberal's column, picture a car loaded with explosives sitting outside the shop window that still has a "Kerry" sign and ask yourself if you would rather ask the suicide bomber if he has a bomb in his car or would you want to wait and find out. George Bush doesn't wait; he is proactive. While people like you, sit around and read worthless garbage and drink your over-sugared lattes. In other words, MJ, shut up!
All I can say is "Check your sources."
This isn't the first time this has happened in journalism. There was that one journalist that went around for years making up sources and information before he was caught.
Unfortunately though, this circumstance had deadly results. Of course this does not help relations over there either. The cultural differences smack head to head sometimes and its a shame that this article had to be fuel for the fire.
ValleyGirl, I will spare your blog the personal tirade.
I will just continue my friendship with Sminky on his site.
There's nothing like a new friend. Welcome to my circle. Please check your shoes at the door.
MJ and Sminky,
Oh man, this is going to be exciting. Do I get front row tickets?
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