NEWSWEEK: FIRE ISIKOFF OR ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION IMMEDIATELY

[Bonaparte]

He sat on it. Then Drudge started talking about it and Isikoff rushed it to his editor.

[Brilliant]

I was thinking that he wanted to break the Monica story, but Newsweek wouldn't let him. So after it broke, they ran the story and patted him on the back for almost breaking the story, acholades all around, etc. He spent weeks moaning about how he turned down a Pulitzer for the good of the magazine.

[Bonaparte]

Correction. Isikoff was complicit in the spiking of that story. He said nothing.

[Bonaparte]

Correction. Isikoff was complicit in the spiking of that story. He said nothing.

[Bonaparte]

"...for the good of the magazine."

And, coincidentally, for the good of Clinton and Bob Bennett who were in the midst of the Paula Jones trial.

[An American Patriot]

" Find out who the major advertisers are and "pressure" them to pull their ads, unless changes are made."

EXACTLY.

Made the same suggestion yesterday and was hoping someone would take it and run with it as I am in the process (see tagline) of packing and moving.

If successful, then we should "move on" (no pun intended LOL) to the Times and Post?

[Bonaparte]

This is interesting, wc.

2. The second element that the plaintiff must prove is that someone other than the plaintiff and defendant heard/read the defamatory statement and reasonably understood that it referred to the plaintiff.[See footnote 8] It does not matter whether the defendant intended the statement to refer to the plaintiff. The issue for you to decide is whether those persons hearing/reading the statement reasonably understood the statement to refer to the plaintiff.

(Specific elements of defamation, B2)

Every gitmo interrogator's CO knew who that story referred to.

[joonbug]

Interesting. I didn't know he tried spiking the Monica story. I heard the opposite on one of the talk shows this AM. Guess he wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Sort of a John Kerry - "I broke the story after I spiked it"

[lugsoul]

There are many in the following article:

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/newsweek_koran_report_516.htm

The allegation of 'Koran abuse' (oh how I hate that phrase) is nothing new.

[william clark]

Thanks. However, I notice that in the article, with one exception, the allegations come from former detainees; not what I would consider reliable and trustworthy sources. The exception is a conveniently-anonymous former interrogator. None of these accounts could be said to carry anything close to the weight of a report appearing in Newsweek, ostensibly from a high-level military source.

Muslim allies, to the extent that they actually exist, could easily question or dismiss prior allegations. Their appearance in Newsweek, and the alleged source, brings them to a new level.

[TexasCajun]

That would be the one to fax.

...searching thread for fax number.

[Bonaparte]

According to Isikoff, he brought the story to his boss and then went along with the spike. He remained silent, knowing that Clinton had perjured himself in the Jones trial. All sorts of excuses have been offered for why the story wasn't run, why Isikoff went along with the spike and remained silent, why others in media held the story back, ad nauseum.

But it was only when Drudge broke the silence that the story saw the light of day. After that, Newsweek and others followed. Personally, I doubt that any of them would have made a peep if Drudge had not exposed it all.

[lugsoul]

I agree with your criticism of those sources.

However, I'm guessing that on the streets of Jalalabad, the former detainees have significantly greater credibility than sources inside the U.S. government. Not that they should, by any stretch - but in the minds of the rioters, the allegations coming from sources they considered credible were in no way new.

[TonyM]

It would be nice if the families of those killed could sue Newsweak for wrongful death in an international court.

[william clark]

You're absolutely right on that point. After all, these are people who have been conditioned to not question any accusation made by one of their own against an "infidel." It's when a story has the potential to turn against us those who would have at least some chance of calming things down that our ability to establish any sort of peace begins to collapse. And when the story is given credence by one of our own esteemed media outlets, as opposed to being just the latest hit piece by a hostile foreign journal, it exagerrates the reaction.