"The Press' Abu Ghraib: Newsweek Apologizes, After 15 People Are Dead"

By Austin Bay at Austin Bay Blog (brackets in original):

History may see Newsweek’s fatal “Koran flushing” story as the US press’ Abu Ghraib.

Under any circumstances, Newsweek’s flagrant, tragic error is an error a long-time-coming. The magazine’s “apology” doesn’t begin to account for the damage. [The apology appears at the end of this post. Call the mea culpa “News Weak."] ....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 05/17/05 05:50:59 PM
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