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May 18, 2005
What Exactly Has Newsweek Retracted?
Brian Montopoli at CJR Daily contends that, "Newsweek made a serious error in relying on a single source for its story, and its subsequent report may (or may not) have spurred fatal riots. The magazine subsequently apologized, then retracted the part of the story in question and vowed not to make the error again," he wrote in a May 17, 2005 post, adding: "In contrast, most of the rest of the media, in reporting the story, has continued to stumble all over itself, making the same mistakes over and over again. And unlike Newsweek, none of them are showing any signs of remorse." Mr. Montopoli asks CJR Daily readers to:Consider the central question of the story about the story: What exactly has the magazine retracted? Most reporters, particularly on television, are reporting that Newsweek has retracted the allegation that U.S. interrogators desecrated the Koran at Guantanamo Bay. But that's wrong: The magazine has said only that it no longer stands by its claim that allegations of Koran desecration appear in a forthcoming report from U.S. Southern Command. That's a very different point. There have been numerous other reports -- mostly from detainees -- suggesting that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo did abuse the Koran. We don't know exactly what happened, but we do know that there's a significant difference between what Newsweek said -- that its source can no longer be sure that the allegations appear in an upcoming military report -- and what the press is reporting the magazine said -- that no desecration of the Koran ever took place.
He said, "But since the press has largely ceded control of the story to the White House, administration spinners have been able to twist it." He asked readers to "Consider another central issue: whether Newsweek's premature report actually spurred the riots. Thanks to the White House spin, and the media's lazy reporting, the conventional wisdom is now that it did," Mr. Montopoli wrote. "But the reality is that it probably did not, at least in any significant sense." Read more here. I highly recommend it.
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 18, 2005 01:47 AM
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