Posted on 05/18/2005 8:49:25 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Newsweek retracts story but the liberal media says it's probably true anyway and points the finger at the bullies in the administration.
Newsweek has rejected the resignation of Michael Isikoff, which is probably the correct thing to do. Although the fabricated story was written by Isikoff, it was Newsweek that published the libel and it is Newsweek that is responsible for the deaths in Afghanistan.
But all the big shots at Newsweek were innocent. In the case of the Koran item, Newsweek Managing Editor Whitaker said he did not see the final version because he was traveling on personal business. Managing Editor Jon Meacham said he was out of town for an interview and for the White House Correspondents Association dinner.
Now, the mainstream press press is circling the wagons and coming to the defense of their colleagues at Newsweek. And in their analysis and reporting of Toiletgate, the liberal media is employing the Dan Rather/Memogate technique of denying any culpability while repeating the libel and slander endlessly. The press is defending Newsweek with one of two theories. The first is al Qaeda doesn't lie. The second is it's not Newsweek's fault.
The folks adhering to the first theory have adopted the position that when it comes to deciding who to believe, they'll stick with al Qaeda.
CNN's Anderson Cooper: "Is it beyond the realm of possibility that a tactic like this was used?"
CNN terrorism expert Peter Bergen: "It's not just the British detainees who've reported this (the Koran flush). Other detainees have reported this. So, you know, I think it's still an open question."
CBS Evening News' anchor Bob Schieffer: "In any case, Newsweek's decision to retract the report is not likely to make much difference to outraged Muslims. For them, the damage has been done, and it can't easily be undone."
CBS' Richard Roth: "Detainees released in 2003 came home claiming American guards had routinely provoked them by sitting on the Koran, or putting pages in a toilet."
CBS Evening News' John Roberts: "The report does mirror claims made by former Guantanamo detainees that they were subject to religious harassment."
On ABC's Nightline, Eric Saar, co-author of "Inside the Wire": "I don't believe there was the proper amount of respect given to Islam, in the camp, especially in the interrogation booth."
The folks accepting "the devil made me do it" hallucination blames the Bush Administration and acquits Newsweek. Notice, the liberal media spin on the Newsweek retraction. It doesn't place the focus on the fact the story was false. The focus is on the "pressure applied by the administration."
New York Times reported the following, "After a drumbeat of criticism from the Bush administration and others, Newsweek magazine yesterday went beyond an apology it issued Sunday and retracted an article published May 1, that stated that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had tried to rattle Muslim detainees by flushing a Koran down a toilet."
The Washington Post, "Newsweek issued a formal retraction yesterday of the flawed story that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan and other countries, after the magazine came under increasingly sharp criticism from White House, State Department and Pentagon officials."
Craig Crawford of Congressional Quarterly and CBS News charged that the Bush administration may well have "set up the news media": "The government had the opportunity to see this report before it was published -- and passed. This is a pattern we've seen before."
CBS's Bob Schieffer: "Good evening. I am Bob Schieffer. Under pressure from the White House, Newsweek today retracted a story that led to deadly rioting in Afghanistan."
ABC's World News Tonight. Martha Raddatz: "In the many places where the article caused so much anger, people today were skeptical about the Newsweek admission, feeling the magazine had simply buckled under U.S. government pressure."
ABC Nightline's John Donvan: "It would certainly be convenient to say that all this is Newsweek's fault. The problem is, America also has a credibility problem in the Muslim world."
ABC Nightline's Chris Bury speculated: "Do you think the volume of the protests [from Bush administration officials] is, perhaps, a bit calculated to deflect some attention away from the policies at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo?"
Bury followed up: "But given the other abuses, I guess what I'm getting at here is, does Newsweek deserve all the blame," for the violent reaction, "assuming that its story was incorrect?"
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: "Something smells funny to me about this Newsweek apology, then retraction. Do you sense the same thing? And what the heck are we smelling?"
These thoughts and opinions come from "responsible journalists." You ought to read the unbelievably insane rants coming from the loony-left on the Internet. The mainstream medai forgives Newsweek for its shoddy journalism and accepts the al Qaeda's version of events. As long as they can continue to hammer the administration, they will suspend all rational thought.
The press has been screwed ever since Woodward and Bernstein invented "Deep Throat" and ushered in the age of "Gotcha Journalism." The only problem with this form of yellow journalism is that it's only applied to Republican governments. When Bill Clinton was serially abusing American women and Hillary was running scams out of the White House, the press was not only silent, but complicit.
Now we are at war and because the administration is Republican, the press has taken sides. And the liberal press has decided to side with the terrorists, adopting the old Muslim adage, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
The liberal media is more dishonest and partisan than ever before. If enough people get on board maybe these dolts will pay attention and report on the real stories that actually mean something. The "national" media (NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS. ) are more interested in defeating Bush than defeating terrorism.
SLAY THE NON-MUSLIMS: DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE QURAN
2:191 http://tinyurl.com/yreed , And slay them wherever ye catch them.
4:84 http://tinyurl.com/ysbhc , Then fight in Allah's cause.
4:141 http://tinyurl.com/2s5p9 , And never will Allah grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumph) over the believers.
5:33 http://tinyurl.com/2thto , The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land:
that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.
8:12 http://tinyurl.com/36u5p , I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.
8:17 http://tinyurl.com/2dxh5 , It is not ye who slew them; it was
Allah.
8:60 http://tinyurl.com/2dxh5 , Against them make ready your
strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into(the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in
the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.
8:65 http://tinyurl.com/36u5p , O Prophet! rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers.
9:5 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem.
9:14 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers,
9:23 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong.
9:28 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque.
9:29 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been foridden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with
willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
9:39 http://tinyurl.com/26bg2 , Unless ye go forth, (for Jihad) He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least.
9:73 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell - an evil refuge indeed.
9:111 http://tinyurl.com/26bg2 , Allah hath purchased of the
believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an
9:123 http://tinyurl.com/yvu3f , O ye who believe! fight the
unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.
22:9 http://tinyurl.com/32wdj , (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray from the Path of Allah: for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).
22:19-22 http://tinyurl.com/32wdj , These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: But those who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as
well as (their) skins. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.
Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be forced back therein, and (it will be said), "Taste ye the Penalty of Burning!"
25:52 http://tinyurl.com/3xjey , So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.
25:68 http://tinyurl.com/3xjey , Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit fornication; - and any that does this (not only) meets punishment. (But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy.
37:22-23 http://tinyurl.com/ytlpp , "Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped- Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!
47:4 http://tinyurl.com/3bwz5 , Therefore, when ye meet the
Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens.
48:13 http://tinyurl.com/2t8ge , And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!
48:29 http://tinyurl.com/2t8ge , Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other.
69:30-37 http://tinyurl.com/2qh7h , (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him, And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! This was he
that would not believe in Allah Most High. And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! So no friend hath he here this Day. Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds, Which none do eat but those in sin."
It has been said in earlier posts that they are aware that once its out there it can be retracted, but the damage is already done, and that was their objective to begin with.
We've seen them do this time and time again using methods that they know for a fact are not correct. This is day one stuff in journalism school and they are doing it anyway. That they are doing this now is not a mistake, but it is telling that its happening so frequently.
Since when has the media itself received more attention that it is receiving right now? And since when in the relatively short history of TV news and longer history of printed media have they been known to be losing their relevancy and seeing the percentage of people who believe they are biased rise?
I think these two things combined have made them desperate, and thats why they are doing all this. Its death throes. They are showing that they can still cause a stir, but they are doing it printing unsubstantiated garbage.
Great post!
They just don't give a sh!t in their rush to squash the administration.
Insane murder cult bump.
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