Newsweek Credibility Down The Drain
Cox & Forkum:
As I pointed out before, this is no small matter. People have been hurt and killed based on some highly biased information obtained from an anonymous source. An apology isn't going to make this go away. Now that we know Newsweek's reporting was false the question that needs to be asked is this: Who was the anonymous source? Newsweek owes this person no loyalty in keeping them anonymous as they obviously lied to Newsweek's reporters about the Koran flushing incidents. Yet my guess is that Newsweek will still refuse to reveal their source.
Which makes one wonder if there actually was a source or if Newsweek was just engaging in some scandalous America-bashing for the sake of magazine sales.
More here.
Update:
Jay Tea:
That's a good point. Newsweek isn't to be blamed for the irrational response to their story by the Muslims who rioted. That being said, I still think there is grounds here for an investigation into who the anonymous source is, if one existed in the first place.
As I pointed out before, this is no small matter. People have been hurt and killed based on some highly biased information obtained from an anonymous source. An apology isn't going to make this go away. Now that we know Newsweek's reporting was false the question that needs to be asked is this: Who was the anonymous source? Newsweek owes this person no loyalty in keeping them anonymous as they obviously lied to Newsweek's reporters about the Koran flushing incidents. Yet my guess is that Newsweek will still refuse to reveal their source.
Which makes one wonder if there actually was a source or if Newsweek was just engaging in some scandalous America-bashing for the sake of magazine sales.
More here.
Update:
Jay Tea:
...bring on the abuse, the sanctions, the penalties for Newsweek. Ban their reporters from covering events. Contact and boycott their advertisers. Pillory them in public. Blame them for the damage to our diplomatic efforts. Mock them. Deride them. Taunt them. Make them stand in the corner at press events while wearing silly hats. Use back issues as toilet paper.
But don't hold them liable for the deaths. To do that is to excuse the real people to blame -- the rioters themselves.
That's a good point. Newsweek isn't to be blamed for the irrational response to their story by the Muslims who rioted. That being said, I still think there is grounds here for an investigation into who the anonymous source is, if one existed in the first place.
