Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Fish Swim. Birds Fly. MSM Lies, People Die
newsweek subverts American efforts in the WoT, ignites Muslim anti-American rage and all they can do is worse. This is the same bunch that gave Drudge his creds when he discovered newsweek's editorial board was going to sit on the Monica Lewinsky affair. Another MSM giant collapses under the weight of its own hubris. Historic times.
newsweek had to know that the story would inflame Islamofascist hatred against the infidel (of course, anyone in the west can do that--all one need do is exist); the only explanation I can think of for such grievous journalistic malpractice is the MSM's undying complusion to go after Dubya, through the military of course, with nothing but rumours. It is almost as self-destructive an act as was the Rather scandal, and that would have been fine if it stopped there. But people got killed and American efforts in the region have been quite profoundly undermined, which could result in more losses, both strategic and human.
At every turn, their collective hatred of Dubya has been the undoing of the MSM and the left; the collateral damage is the cost this hatred exacts on the fight against terrorism and Islamofascism, to the detriment of everyone except the enemy.
Counterpoint
Speaking of the enemy, LGF links to this counterpoint:
"As Islamist groups rage and riot and declare holy war over Newsweek’s now-retracted “Koran desecration” story, it may be helpful, for the sake of clarity, to remember what happened in April 2002 when Palestinian terrorists took over Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and held priests and nuns hostage for weeks."
Further
Michelle Malkin:
Reader M.E. points out:
Just for the sake of argument let's say the Newsweek article was true. No one's pointing out that Newsweek is the same publication that had a non-disclosure agreement with the Kerry campaign last fall. The editors agreed that anything their reporters discovered while "embedded" with Kerry/Edwards would not be published until after the '04 election. So let me get this straight... Agreeing not to air Kerry's dirty laundry during a political campaign is fine and dandy. But not airing Gitmo's dirty laundry during the War on Terror would be a compromise of journalistic ethics. Got it.
I had forgotten about that cozy arrangement between Kerry and Newsweek. Thanks for the reminder.
newsweek had to know that the story would inflame Islamofascist hatred against the infidel (of course, anyone in the west can do that--all one need do is exist); the only explanation I can think of for such grievous journalistic malpractice is the MSM's undying complusion to go after Dubya, through the military of course, with nothing but rumours. It is almost as self-destructive an act as was the Rather scandal, and that would have been fine if it stopped there. But people got killed and American efforts in the region have been quite profoundly undermined, which could result in more losses, both strategic and human.
At every turn, their collective hatred of Dubya has been the undoing of the MSM and the left; the collateral damage is the cost this hatred exacts on the fight against terrorism and Islamofascism, to the detriment of everyone except the enemy.
Counterpoint
Speaking of the enemy, LGF links to this counterpoint:
"As Islamist groups rage and riot and declare holy war over Newsweek’s now-retracted “Koran desecration” story, it may be helpful, for the sake of clarity, to remember what happened in April 2002 when Palestinian terrorists took over Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and held priests and nuns hostage for weeks."
Further
Michelle Malkin:
Reader M.E. points out:
Just for the sake of argument let's say the Newsweek article was true. No one's pointing out that Newsweek is the same publication that had a non-disclosure agreement with the Kerry campaign last fall. The editors agreed that anything their reporters discovered while "embedded" with Kerry/Edwards would not be published until after the '04 election. So let me get this straight... Agreeing not to air Kerry's dirty laundry during a political campaign is fine and dandy. But not airing Gitmo's dirty laundry during the War on Terror would be a compromise of journalistic ethics. Got it.
I had forgotten about that cozy arrangement between Kerry and Newsweek. Thanks for the reminder.
