RE: New York Times "...Fake but Accurate" headline, look who also tried that defense.

PBS ^ | 09/15/04 | PBS newshour

[Pikamax]

May 14, 2004, 4:30pm EDT EDITOR OF BRITISH NEWSPAPER FIRED AFTER FAKE ABUSE PHOTOS PUBLISHED

Piers Morgan, editor of the London paper the Daily Mirror, was ousted Friday in the wake of the publication of pictures showing alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment that turned out to be fake.

"There is now sufficient evidence to suggest that these pictures are fakes and that the Daily Mirror has been the subject of a calculated and malicious hoax," the newspaper said in a released statement. "The Daily Mirror therefore apologizes unreservedly for publishing the pictures and deeply regrets the reputational damage done to the QLR and the Army in Iraq."

The photos, depicting British troops urinating on prisoners and beating and abusing detainees, caused an uproar when they were first published on the front page of the anti-war paper. But the authenticity of the pictures was immediately questioned, and troops from the QLR denied the photographs were real.

"It wasn't a British soldier degrading an Iraqi," said QLR commander Brigadier Geoff Sheldon. "It was a mocked-up fake, not even taken in Iraq."

As a growing number of experts questioned the veracity of the photos, Morgan remained defiant, defending the decision to publish the photos and saying he would not resign.

"The pictures accurately illustrated the reality about the appalling conduct of some British troops," he said.

Morgan's stance angered many, saying the decision to publish the inflammatory and untrue pictures put lives in danger.

[Pikamax]

commentator on LGF brought this up.

[Tom_Busch]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is LGF?

[isom35]

little green footballs would be my bet.

[Dallas59]

Little Green Footballs:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

[Tom_Busch]

Doh...Thanks!