White House Wins Again.on Newsweek's Back...................

[Laura PourMeADrink]

They are brilliantly diabolical.

1. Blame Newsweek for increased violence.
2. Which effectively squelches any further investigative journalism. Who would run a fact-finding story now? NO ONE
3. Continue with Qu'ran desecration.

[rodeodance]

1. i listened to part of Chris Mathews tonight and he was agreeing

with the WH--said Newsweek got it wrong. But the substance (the actual abuse of the Koran)--was not discussed--such as the Red Cross verification and the soldier who got disciplined for mishandling the Koran.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Yes, it is the most obvious question - "Is it happening?"

What is weird that they, TV journalists, sincerely act like they never even thought of the question "Is it true?" It is almost like someone has taken control over their minds.

[Toots]

6. Newsweek did not get it wrong and this weeks Newsweek goes into detail

They explained fully exactly how it happened and what the repercussions were from the publication and why. It was quiet enlightening and certainly not a kowtow to the Administration.

[TexasLawyer]

7. And the riots had nothing to do with Newsweek

http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/Archive/2005/May/12-273892.html?chanlid=washfile

The State Dept. says so.

Afghan Riots Not Tied to Report on Quran Handling, General Says
Army investigating allegations of mishandling at Guantanamo Bay facility



By Jacquelyn S. Porth
Washington File Staff Writer



Washington – The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff says a report from Afghanistan suggests that rioting in Jalalabad on May 11 was not necessarily connected to press reports that the Quran might have been desecrated in the presence of Muslim prisoners held in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Air Force General Richard Myers told reporters at the Pentagon May 12 that he has been told that the Jalalabad, Afghanistan, rioting was related more to the ongoing political reconciliation process in Afghanistan than anything else.

According to initial reports, the situation in Jalalabad began on May 10 with peaceful student protests reacting to a report in Newsweek magazine that U.S. military interrogators questioning Muslim detainees at the Guantanamo detention center “had placed Quran s on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book.” By the following day the protests in the city had turned violent with reports of several individuals killed, dozens wounded, and widespread looting of government, diplomatic and nongovernmental assets.

However, Myers said an after-action report provided by U.S. Army Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, commander of the Combined Forces in Afghanistan, indicated that the political violence was not, in fact, connected to the magazine report.

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2. Its really bad when the pres dictates what media can print

Newsweek should be ashamed of themselves for caving . Lapdog media .

Its no wonder the chimp does these things. The lapdog media cower when he speaks. Its truly sickening to watch these milquetoasts .

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. You are right. Just think, if Newsweek had immediately demanded

that the administration be accountable and ask them to say flat out - True or False. Demand an investigation by an independent prosecutor.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Why is anyone surprized by this? It is play #36B in the Fuckwad Playbook

And they've been doing it to us every time. We're like that pitiful Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Chumps. That's what we are, people. A bunch of fucking chumps.

Kerry's a hero. Swiftshitters say he wasn't in Cambodia on Christmas. Media debates that. Meanhwile, Kerry's standing there with his ***k in his hand, looking like a chump.

Rather finds facts. bad memo. Good facts. media debates memo. Rather's standing there with his ***k in his hand, looking lika a chump.

Newsweek finds some shit that makes them look bad. Rummy leans hard on some poor fucking colonel somewhere just trying to make points her retirement. Source dries up. Media deabtes journalistic standards. Newsweek stand there with the collective ***k in their collective ahnds, looking colelctively like chumps

Chumps.

Buncha fucking chumps.

George Bush couldn't say the "fool me once' thing ...... but he sure makes us LIVE it.

Fight back ya fucking chumps!

[ProudDad]

8. Even the BBC was screwing up

They were saying that the information that the Qu'ran was being desecrated was retracted when the truth is that only the details of the attribution was retracted.

I'm VERY disappointed in the BBC.

:wtf: :wtf:

[TexasLawyer]

9. write to them. They'll correct it.