At IIMPR people complained about the lack of trust in the media. That lack of trust has been earned by these high profile stories where it turns out the reporters lied, misrepresented, or didn't do their job. Newsweek needs to be held accountable that's why I'm asking that everyone link (i.e. Googlebomb) to Newsweek with the word "Korangate" in the title.
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1 - Temple Stark
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Korangate? Lame. And I thought it was just "big media" that was guilty of the -gate garbage.
2 - RJ
NewsWeek is an anti-Bush rag. This kind of anti-administration bias is unsurprising.
But, in this case, people DIED. Like, over a dozen.
Some heads need to roll over at NewsWeek...
3 - John Bambenek
17 at last count... and yes... Isikoff needs to be fired. No sticking around like Rather managed to do.
4 - RJ
Isikoff has not seemed like a real sinister partisan asshole, though. I've always had some respect for the man (unlike Rather).
Perhaps his superiors are more to blame?
5 - dee
I don't know if this story is true or not but I will say Newsweek should not have to apologize for it if it is true but I would hope they would think twice before publishing a story that might make matters worse.
6 - RealCon
The problem with news today is that it frequently is a story -- not news. And stories are frequently made up with a bias or some subjective motive in mind. In the past Isikoff has had some good stories -- but this one happens to be bad -- very bad. He should have known the potential damage the story was going to do -- whether true or not. But because of the potential reaction, his editors should have taken extra precautions to be sure it was verified to be absolutely true. That is why editors are paid. I would let Isikoff remain but those in charge of editorial policy who let this go through should be shown the door. The best way to teach the fools at Newsweek a lesson is to drop subscriptions to the magazine.
7 - RJ
NewsWeek is just bathroom-reading for me. I like a few regular sections of their newsmag (The CW watch, their quotes of the week, their every-other-week George Will column), but I skip over most of the rest.