The Consequences Of Trying Too Hard To Make Bush (And America) Look Bad
Glenn Reynolds is absolutely 100 percent dead on right about Newsweek’s recent admission that they “may have erred in a May 9 report that said U.S. interrogators desecrated the Koran at Guantanamo Bay, and apologized to victims of deadly violence sparked by the article.”
Two points: (1) If they had wrongly reported the race of a criminal and produced a lynching, they’d feel much worse — which is why they generally don’t report such things, a degree of sensitivity they don’t extend to reporting on, you know, minor topics like wars; and (2) If a blogger had made a similar mistake, with similar consequences, we’d be hearing about Big Media’s superior fact-checking and layers of editors.People died, and U.S. military and diplomatic efforts were damaged, because — let’s be clear here — Newsweek was too anxious to get out a story that would make the Bush Administration and the military look bad.
More from Captain’s Quarters (here) and Michelle Malkin has an excellent post with link to many others (here).
UPDATE: The Political Teen has the video and if you enjoy his work as much as I do, please consider helping him continue it by providing your assistance.
UPDATE II: Iron Teakettle has some interesting commentary here and ABP has more here.
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