So Let Me Get this Straight (re Newsweek Story)

[maxrandb]

Someone please help me understand this.

Newsweek does a story that is sourced by a senior admin person. They run it by two senior Pentagon officials. We make a formal apology in 2003 for treatment of detainees in GITMO, including using their religious beliefs against them.

Follow me so far? OK, so now I hear every right-wing talking head demanding everything from "revoking Newsweek's White House access", to "firing Isikoff (sp)", to "criminally prosecuting Newsweek".

This story (which is probably still accurate despite all the back-tracking) resulted in demonstrations, the loss of 15 lives, and the injury of hundreds.

But.....

On the other hand, the leader of the free world lied about WMD. Cooked intelligence. Lied to us about the connection between 9/11 and Iraq, and generally made shit up as he went along.

His actions resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians; the deaths of over 1600 Americans; the drainage of Americas blood and treasure, and yet..

I don't hear a peep from the right-wing.

Something is really wrong with this country.

[acmejack]

1. Rep. Bob Ney R-Ohio

Demands an apology and retraction. Called Ishikof a "yellow journalist"

[MisterP]

6. Ney should go back to renaming foods from countries not in our New Axis

[maxrandb]

15. Ishikof is a "Yellow Journalist"?

Then what the hell is Faux News? "Rainbow Journalism" :wtf:

[Kerrytravelers]

2. You're correct, something is really wrong in this country.

[acmejack]

3. Jackson-Lee D-TX

Wants apology for "the safety of our troops"!

[TheFarseer]

4. Selective outrage

We're not mad about killing hundreds of thousands of people in an illegal, unjustified war. We're not angry about large corporations shipping jobs overseas, cancelling our pensions and then voting themselves a raise, but if someone says "Happy Holidays" that is just too much!

[Nite Owl]

5. You got it straight.

They are getting quite arrogant about their fascism now. Maybe that will be their downfall.

[RaRa]

7. What's your point?

:sarcasm:

[MuseRider]

8. What about a

fucking apology from those that made this all possible? Huh Georgie?

[librechik]

9. Please please, prosecute them!

I can't wait to get their witnesses on the stand for cross examination! And subpoena power at last!

heheh, that'll never happen...Just shrieks, lies and innuendo from the right.

[tridim]

10. The horrific treatment of prisoners at Gitmo is not Newsweek's fault

BushCo is blaming the messenger again. Par for the course for this group of criminals.

[Junkdrawer]

11. Blaming the messenger...

You see, the 15 deaths aren't due to the military's actions, they're due to Newsweek reporting the military's actions.

[maxrandb]

12. Yep. and If it Wasn't for the Media

The Iraqi's would all be throwing bouquets of roses at us instead of rocks.

[cestpaspossible]

13. Yeah, that's what jumped out at me in OP as well.

[southernleftylady]

14. great minds..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3665280
thread i started but yours is much better written ;)

[Up2Late]

16. Yup, you got it! NPR -Talk of the Nations on LIVE with Newsweek NOW

I don't know if he will be on the whole show, but he IS on NOW.

Oh, he just finished, here's a rundown to the rest of the Newsweek part of the show.

In 'Newsweek' Fallout, Questions of Its Sources

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 6:00 p.m. ET


Talk of the Nation, May 16, 2005 · After an item in Newsweek about U.S. interrogators desecrating the Koran at Guantanamo Bay sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan, the magazine now says its source has backed away from those claims. We host a discussion of credibility, media impact, and the continuing reliance on anonymous sources.

Guests: Brant Houston, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., and a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism

David Marston, partner at Gibbons, Del Deo


Here's a link to On-line LIVE streaming, if you don't get the program locally.

<http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=16>

[cliss]

17. You make a good point.

I think it's time we started to look at this administration's arrogance. People have been commenting on this ever since this web site came into being.

It's not just the DU that's noticed this. It's been noticed all over the world; wherever the US has its dealings, we see unflinching arrogance.

There's only one way to get rid of this attitude: get them out. They're not able to change. And this arrogance colors everything they do. It limits their view of the world. They have a very narrow scope and there's no room for the truth.

Something is REALLY wrong with this country.