Newsweek Error Leaves 15 Dead

Last week, Newsweek reported that U.S. Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay flushed the Koran down a toilet in an attempt to rattle suspects. News of this sparked violent protests in Afghanistan and around the Muslim world.

However, yesterday Newsweek admitted that the story was false. A Pentagon investigation has revealed that the Newsweek allegations were, in the words of one official, “demonstrably false.” Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement:

We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst.

Sorry, but it’s a little too late for that. Newsweek’s blatant attempt to run with an anti-Bush story without properly investigating it first has led to 15 deaths and caused serious damage to U.S. relations in the Middle East.

You would think that Newsweek and the rest of the mainstream media would have learned a lesson from C-BS. In a recent report, C-BS quoted Ken Starr as saying the Republican Nuclear Option was a, “radical, radical departure from our history and our traditions, and it amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government.” However, in an email, Ken Starr said the “radical departure” he referred to was the Democrats’ “practice of invoking judicial philosopy as a grounds for voting against a qualified nominee of integrity and experience.”

The media’s apparent hatred for President Bush and his agenda make them far too willing to believe anti-Bush allegations. It seems as if they will stop at nothing to smear President Bush, even put the lives of our soldiers at risk. Because of this, they cannot be trusted.

Update (05/16/05): After harsh criticism, Newsweek is retracting the story (previously they tried to argue that the story could be factually true, even though the source is not reliable. Sound familiar?).

–J.E. Heath
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