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May 17, 2005
The new MSM rationale
From ABC to the Today Show, Newsweek should get a pass because, doncha know, who needs proof when the story is so believable? We all know that Americans never do anything good, especially the American soldier.
There have been stories from former detainees about lack of respect for Islam on the part of guards.There you go. Former detainees feed the moslem rumor mill of manufactured outrage against the kaffir and the "MSM" gives more credence to those would happily slit the throats of any Western reporter they could get their hands on (Daniel Pearl, anyone?) than vetting the story through channels in the US itself.
Let's also remember that moslems believe Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a "real" book and that shaking hands with Jews and other kaffir will cause a moslem's penis to disappear.
Yes, credibility just abounds in the moslem world.
Posted by Darleen at May 17, 2005 07:28 AM
Comments
Andrew Sullivan said it better than I can (and he points out that the White House has not questioned the accuracy of the article). Newsweek made a big mistake and should not have published the article without credible sources to back it up. However, if we want to discuss whose misinformation has led to the death of more people, Newsweek's or the White House's, then I think it's fair to say that the White House wins that "contest" hands down.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but let's keep things in perspective here.
/Mike
Posted by: Mike at May 17, 2005 08:32 AM
Hmmm... Mieke
You don't see a credibility difference between Islamo-fascists and Western intelligence services?
Interesting.
Posted by: Darleen at May 17, 2005 12:23 PM
Of course there's a credibility difference. How is that related to this? Both Newsweek and the White House claimed american intelligence as their sources for their misinformation, so I'm not sure what you mean by your question?
/Mike
Posted by: Mike at May 17, 2005 02:30 PM