Newsweek story- flush down Quran's and censorship

[welsh]

By now many of you have heard about this- a Newsweek story that said that interrogators were flushing Qu'rans down the toilet sparked riots in the middle east.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4557929.stm

White House hits out at Newsweek
The White House has urged Newsweek to take the lead in repairing the US' image among Muslims after its retracted report about desecration of the Koran.
The magazine on Monday said its report that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet was based on flawed sources.

Wait a second- doesn't it kind of matter whether this happened or not? Isn't there something to be said about the truth of this?

A White House spokesman said Newsweek had done "lasting damage".

At least 15 people were killed in anti-US riots in Afghanistan following the article's publication.

Which raises the question- did Newsweek make the news or report the news.

If it reported the news- than the fact that the US government has a harder job to do is a consequence of its own actions and the press has done it's job.

If Newsweek made up that news- that's a problem.

but then Newsweek did this-

We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence
Mike Whitaker
Newsweek editor

What part of the story did they get wrong?

Or is it the practices of torturing prisoners wrong?

As well as the deaths in Afghanistan, more than 100 people were injured in violent protests across the Muslim world, from Pakistan to Indonesia.
Insulting the Koran or the Prophet Muhammad is regarded as blasphemy and punishable by death in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

US policies

White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters that Newsweek had an obligation to help reverse the effects of its report.

"There has been some lasting damage that has been done to our image... and it's going to take some work to repair that damage," Mr McClellan said.

But that assumes what-
That nothing like that happened?
Or that Newsweek has a responsibility for the consequences of the truth?

The magazine should consider writing about US military policies which banned Koranic desecration, he said.

Or should Newsweek be the mouthpiece of the US government.

But he acknowledged it was not his job "to get into telling people what they can and cannot report".

'Lying'

Newsweek's original story claimed that a military investigation was set to reveal evidence of desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo.

It followed repeated allegations by former prisoners at the camp in Cuba that interrogators had prevented them from worshipping or had sought ways to insult their faith.

But on 16 May, the magazine said the investigation in question had not looked at the desecration charges, and that its sources had also backed away from the story.

Defence department spokesman Lawrence Di Rita told a news conference that the charges of desecration had not been considered credible enough to probe.

It was "very likely" that any detainees making such a charge were lying, he said.

Yeah.....
What do you think?

 

[Silencer]

It just proves that the devilish Western media can't be trusted.

Also: Tossing holy books in the shithole isn't a good idea, so special fuxorz to anyone who might have genuinely done it on an occasion.

I mean, how would you feel if someone burned a Fallout Bible printout?

 

[DirtyDreamDesigner]

I mean, how would you feel if someone burned a Fallout Bible printout?

Okay first of all don't even joke about stuff like that!

Second, there is no doubt in my mind they did that and much worse shit there.