Irresponsible reporting

[scaeagles]

GC, if the media is controlled by the Bush administration, who controlled it before his administration? Is it a new phenomena? if they do control the media, how then does this story get published? Are you suggesting outlets such as the NY Times are friendly to Bush and his administration? I see so much negative press about the Bush administration out there (whether deserved or not isn't my point) that I cannot bring myself to believe that the media is being controlled by the Bush administration.

I would suppose the difference in going to war in Iraq and the Newsweek story, at least to me, is that instead of one unnamed source, the intelligence services of the UK, Russia, and Egypt all told us the same thing that the CIA believed regarding WMD. But again, that isn't the point.

The Muslim community hated us before the Newsweek story, most certainly. They hated us before 9/11 and before Bush was elected. What this story does, however, is give propaganda to extremists who believe the retraction is government control of the media. It is fuel for the fire that has long been burning and, sadly, will continue to burn for a long time.