It seems that Newsweek is in a bit of trouble. The news magazine had a snippet in its May 9th issue describing the desecration of the Quran at GITMO. While I see nothing wrong with flushing the Quran, or any other religious text down the toilet (I actually support the practice as part of a greater "War on Stupidity") it seems that some Muslims disagreed and decided to riot and kill each other in Afghanistan.
Now Newsweek says it fucked up and that it can't confirm that what it printed was the truth.
I think that Newsweek's credibility is about to go in the same direction as Dan Rather's, although at least he never got anyone killed. I can't remember another instance of a news source publishing a false story directly contributing to deaths, but I'm sure that's happened before. Until we hear more about this, I'll stick with Time.
2 comments:
The Qu'ran should be called "The Terrorists Handbook" because of what it teaches. This is the worst religious book because it teaches violence. Why shouldn't the Americans have flushed the Qu'ran down the toilet. Don't they burn the American flag?
This magazines need to stop printing BS and just write the truth. Noone asks for their speculation. When we read their magazines, we expect credible information. It seems lately thats been too much to ask from them(aka Dan Rather, Mitch Albom, etc)..
If you dont have all the information or its not all accurate, write something else!
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