My position is that the story should not have been published,
whether it was true or not. The fact that the story was false only compounds Newsweek's error.
This was not a big story. On an "Atrocity" scale of 0 to 10, the events in this story are about a .002. On a "Bad Things That Can Happen To Innocents Overseas If We Publish This Story" scale of 0 to 10, this would be a 9.9999.
To blame Newsweek for shoddy journalism misses that point. It implies that if the story were true and Newsweek reported it, it would be OK that innocents died.
My position is that the story should not have been published, whether it was true or not
Agreed. I guess it was the way it was posted that it led me to believe NewsWeak would not be "liable' for the deaths had the story turned out to be true. This story and one's like it, never need to see the light of day. They are merely attempts to put America in a bad light, and as far as I am concerned traitorous. Any journalist, who intentionally submits a story that harms our troops or innocent civilians, needs to be held accountable.