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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:14 PM Original message |
APOLOGY not good enough: NEWSWEEK just RETRACTED |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wasn't going to have wine with dinner tonight. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. as i was writing on how absurd it would be to RETRACT, they do just that! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Doesn't it seem a little odd |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. "We Retract." |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. LOL! |
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FinallyStartingToWin (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Actually I don't think it's that puzzling at all.... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. this is so transparent -- i hope you are right |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It's interesting that flushing the Koran down the toilet isn't the problem |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. fuck Bush |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I do think there is a concerted effort to discredit the media. |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. effort? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. effort in the connotation that it is on-going. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. There have been far more horrific stories about torture,.... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. amen -- this is WEAK! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. RIP journalism, truth and sanity |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. magazines don't kill people, governments do |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why Do They Care?? It's Obvious, This Is A Deliberate Attack on the Press |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. And where is the fucking outrage from the rest of the press |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. and if you're a journalist who still believes in your trade |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Eventually, only those with integrity will be left standing. |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. "Reporters" for the MSM are now essentially corporate lawyers. |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. AGREED! Surely journalists don't go into the profession for job security |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Do CM journalists hold their own interests above the rest of us? |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Major BU$H error. Forcing Newsweek to retract is going to expand ... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. yeah, the diplomatic thing to do would be to INVESTIGATE, take it |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes, yes, yes, yes, and it is also a major strategic opportunity for US .. |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. preaching to the choir |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. "It can't just be us." Correct. And, it's not. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. yep -- if we haven't already done so... to our blogs, dear scribblers |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. That's what they want |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. that would actually be the best thing that could happen |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I think they are more complex manipulators than that, Walt. |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Correct. They seek perpetual war. All aspects of the torture meme ... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. We saw this on the news last night |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's only a matter of time before they confirm |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Email to Newsweek: "your cover-up, roll-over on behalf of BU$H ... |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Truth is our most powerful weapon... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Idiots have stirred up more of a circus trying to shut this up... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. bet the msm DROPS this story now that newsweek retracted. The WH |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Oh Thank God |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. NEWSWEAK! |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. WHAT FREE PRESS!!!! THERE IS NO FREE PRESS!!!! |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. look at this protest poster ---------------------> IMAGE |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. LOL |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Excellent rant. The Reich Ministry of Propaganda runs things now. n/t |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Here are Newsweek emails if you desire to let them know your feelings: |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Thanks for the emails. My letter: |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Sent mine earlier - |
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oxbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'll take odds on a Congressional Investigation of Newsweak being next |
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preciousdove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
47. Printing and retracting all part of the plan |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
51. So they apologize, they retract, does anyone |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Does truth mean anything to these people anymore? |
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