The Newsweek retraction of the Koran Desecration Story is similar to the Dan Rather affair in that it was the "sourcing" of the information, NOT THE TRUTH of the story that counted most after publication......
Curiously, the issue of Bush in the National Gaurd was dropped after the Rather Affair...when the REAL question morphed into the "ethics" of the networks.
So too, the Koran story is morphing into yet another Republican attack on the media.....WITHOUT REGARD to the truth of the allegations, which seem consistent with how things have been done in the US concentration camps for Muslims recently.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY "RATHERED" AGAIN.....SO WATCH FOR THIS TECHNIQUE TO BE USED OVER AND OVER BY THE ROVIAN REPUBLICANS....GOING FORWARD.
If you have "something to hide" LEAK IT IN FLAWED FORM TO THE MEDIA.....THEN ATTACK THE MEDIA FOR THE FLAW!
IT'S CLASSIC ROVE.....THE BEST PLACE TO HIDE THE TRUTH IS IN PLAIN SIGHT!! THEN ATTACK THE "EVIL" AND BIAS MEDIA!!
Reporters Beware: If someone approaches you with a gotcha scoop that is too good to be true! ......IT'S PROBABLY A SET UP!
