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2005-05-17 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-17 4:12:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Heh. Heh, heh...

Good. Now one of the world's most dishonest "news" organizations can try to talk its way off the shitlist of the world's premier death cult. Sweet.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-05-17 16:35|| 2005-05-17 16:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Except that it is really Islam that is responsible for the deaths of people killed in the riots. Maybe the Mullahs who gave the 'death to America' sermons are the real guilty parties here.

Posted by mhw 2005-05-17 16:38|| 2005-05-17 16:38|| Front Page Top

#3 How about holding accountable for their actions those psychotic chanting apes who can't seem to GET A FRICKIN' GRIP?!?

Posted by BH 2005-05-17 16:45|| 2005-05-17 16:45|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder with the mad mullahs guns pointed at them if newsweak will ask "what are we doing wrong for them to hate us so?" or if they'll ask... "Hey uncle sam these guys are trying to kill us!!! do something!"

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2005-05-17 16:50|| 2005-05-17 16:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Sooo, they are going to cancel THE subscription?

Posted by blackhorse 2005-05-17 16:57|| 2005-05-17 16:57|| Front Page Top

#6 After considerable thinking and some reading around the Web, I'd say this: Newsweek didn't lie, they were sloppy and careless. They relied on a single, anon source who screwed the pooch this time. They wanted the story to be true and so they ran with it. They didn't think about the consequences -- that's for the little people to worry about -- they thought about how this would be another brick to lob at GWB and Rummy.

Andy Sullivan, Kevin Drum and others say that the story had the ring of truth to it, and that's why the rioting occurred. Okay, maybe, we shouldn't underestimate the anger about Abu Ghraib even amongst Muslims who are our friends (and we do have Muslim friends in the world). But Andy, Kevin et al in turn are missing how it is that al-Q and other Muslim terrorists will lie, and they miss how gullible the MSM is (and, frankly, how gullible they are). So yes, some Muslim peasants in the boonies of Afghanistan heard that Qu'rans got flushed and bought the story. That's partly our problem because of Abu Ghraib. That's partly their problem because they shouldn't get their knickers so twisted over a book. And it's partly the MSM's problem because they're both hateful and gullible.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-05-17 17:25|| 2005-05-17 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 They wanted the story to be true and so they ran with it. They didn't think about the consequences -- that's for the little people to worry about
And there you have it.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-17 18:27|| 2005-05-17 18:27|| Front Page Top

#8 "the story had the ring of truth to it"

Tried to flush a book, any book, down the toiders lately?

Posted by Fred 2005-05-17 19:08|| 2005-05-17 19:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Nature is cruel. Clinton get's his legacy that the meaning of is is the twin towers crashing down. Rather gets "fake but accurate", Maureen Dowd gets "dowdisms" and she'll soon be irrelevant thanks to NYT's brainy idea that they will actually charge us to read her teenage bitchy gossip. Fiske will get remembered for being the inspiration of the word "fisking", and now isa*cough* gets his legacy..."the ring of truth". Maybe that heading will be show with the dead he is responsible for. Peace advocate Jane Fonda will get her legacy of sitting on the communist gun mount.

These people have no reputation. They have spent their lives making up stories to suit thier agendas. They are bitter, mean, people who have spent their lives abusing the power that they were granted. They made it to the top cheating and lying ... now they get to sow what they reaped. phht.

Posted by 2b 2005-05-17 19:17|| 2005-05-17 19:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Dhimmitude from Paul Marshall at NR

A great comment on this mess. Read it to the end.

Posted by 3dc 2005-05-17 19:43|| 2005-05-17 19:43|| Front Page Top

#11 good article and good point.

Posted by 2b 2005-05-17 21:33|| 2005-05-17 21:33|| Front Page Top

#12 If Abu Ghraib is an issue to the cave dwellers it is because the MSM made it one in their quest to smear Bush and Rummy. 50+ stories by the NYT? Come on. Most of what was photographed happened during a 24 hour period, it was one group of Maryland Nat. Guard and they were uncovered and dealt with by the miltary.

Posted by Remoteman 2005-05-17 21:58|| 2005-05-17 21:58|| Front Page Top

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