The Crucifixion of Newsweek?
Posted by Danny
May 17, 2005
Rathergate Redux?
Does Torture "Work"?
The Media Reform Debate
Now it seems to be Newsweek's turn to be crucified for the sins of the "liberal media." It is Rathergate all over again, only this time the magazine's reporting is being blamed for riots and deaths in Afghanistan, a response ostensibly to a report on the desecration of the Qur'an in a prison camp. In one quick swipe of a blogger's keyboard, the blame game has shifted from expose the abusers to beat the press. Suddenly, Newsweek is a the poster child for the blame America First media. [...] Read the rest of that and go on to the second two topics (above) at http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/05/17/#1262 or
http://tinyurl.com/994d5
© Virginia Metze
May 17, 2005
Rathergate Redux?
Does Torture "Work"?
The Media Reform Debate
Now it seems to be Newsweek's turn to be crucified for the sins of the "liberal media." It is Rathergate all over again, only this time the magazine's reporting is being blamed for riots and deaths in Afghanistan, a response ostensibly to a report on the desecration of the Qur'an in a prison camp. In one quick swipe of a blogger's keyboard, the blame game has shifted from expose the abusers to beat the press. Suddenly, Newsweek is a the poster child for the blame America First media. [...] Read the rest of that and go on to the second two topics (above) at http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/05/17/#1262 or
http://tinyurl.com/994d5
© Virginia Metze
Starmail - 19. Mai, 16:30
