The Smug Delusion of Base Expectations: Count me out of the Newsweek feeding frenzy.

National Review Online ^ | May 17, 2005 | Andrew C. McCarthy

[dts32041]

Need to go after both.

[rhombus]

Need to go after both.

Agreed and we should stop being PC about the word, "Crusade". Afterall, FDR used it when describing D-Day. ;-)

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Loaded guns still require someone or something to pull the trigger.

[Congressman Billybob]

I agree with you. This is NOT either/or. This is both/and. Newsweek has it coming. But the 13th-century-minded Islamofascists also have it coming. America and the world would be better off if both ceased to exist, yesterday.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "We Have Seen the Light"

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"Need to go after both.
Agreed and we should stop being PC about the word, "Crusade". Afterall, FDR used it when describing D-Day. ;-)"

Uh, that was one Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[OldFriend]

You mean Daniel Pearl wasn't executed because that liar President Bush invaded Iraq?

[Mr. K]

He makes a good (and corect) point. You gotta hand it to even stupid liberals when they occasionally get it right.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

DITTO!

[rhombus]

Uh, that was one Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oh well in that case, forget it. What an awful hate-filled word. When will those Republicans stop the hate? /sarcasm

[Mach9]

Yes, yes, yes!! This is the crux--not sloppy, or even fallacious, reporting! Thank you, Mr. McCarthy and xsysmgr! And it might be a good idea, too, Mr. Bozell, NOT to continue to belabor Newsweek's bias. They're just leftist enough to pull out witnesses.

[dead]

If you have a psychotic murderous lunatic in your attic, it's definitely not your fault if he kills you, but that doesn't mean you should go up there and poke him with a stick.

[G.Mason]

"There's a problem here. But it's not insensitivity, and it's not media bias. Those things are condemnable, but manageable. The real problem here is a culture that either cannot or will not rein in a hate ideology that fuels killing. When we go after Newsweek, we're giving it a pass. Again."

Hogwash!

The two have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

Terrorists of any nationality, race or creed need physical extermination.

Reporters who lie to the American public and any organization that succors them need to be removed from their positions of "trust".

[HardWork]

Sane talk from the National Review.

[rhombus]

Uh, that was one Dwight D. Eisenhower

For the record...

"And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade."

...
Thy will be done, Almighty God.
Amen.
Franklin D. Roosevelt - June 6, 1944

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/fdr-prayer.htm

[Question Liberal Authority]

"Newsweek lied and people died" is about as worthy a slogan as the scurrilous "Bush lied and people died" that it parrots.

THAT'S THE FREAKING POINT. Everytime a conservative thinks something or does something, the left caterwauls that it's going to lead to death, destruction, and perpetuate the cycle of (insert travesty here).

In this instance, Newsweek actually DID lie and people actually DID die. George W. Bush has ALWAYS acted in good faith and all he gets is these mindless protests. Well, how does it feel?

[sodpoodle]

There's a problem here.

WRONG!

We have more than ONE problem.
1) Islamofascism
2) Hate-mongering media.
3) #2 giving #1 a pass.

[Mach9]

The point of the article, however, was that it may not have been a lie. Personally, I think Newsweek may have jumped the gun on documentation, but the fact is that their inability to distinguish between or among cultures (and systems attempting to pass as cultures) allowed them to print a story (TRUE OR NOT) that inflamed Muslim jihadists. Newsweek MAY be to blame here for any number of evils, but most societies discern a difference between the destruction of one or two copies of words on paper and human beings. Apparently, our noble left and our politically correct leaders do not.