Tuesday, May 17, 2005

AlJazeera Buries Newsweek Retraction So Newsweek makes the long-overdue retraction to their inflamatory fictional story. Problem is, the rioting isn't happening here, it's happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And they're so wound up now, they don't beleive the retraction, IF they even know about it. Isn't on AlJazeera.Net website. It is on their server but with no links from any pages pointing to it. If you were persistent enough and used their search window on 'newsweek', you'll find the retraction. AlJazeera's editors could have learned from the NYT, print what you want them to know, not everything you know. Newsweek's retraction wasn't on their front page. In fact it wasn't on any page. To see the retraction on AlJazeera, you have to use their searchbox and search on 'newsweek.' That's how I found it. If Newsweek thinks their retraction news actually got to the affected Muslims they couldn't be more wrong. They could apologize 'till the cows come home and they'd only be wasting their breath. Newsweek should be the one to deliver the message OVER THERE where it needs to be heard. The damage they must have anticipated is now done and beyond repair to the rioters. But the rest of the Muslim world should be given the opportunity to see it, at Newsweek's expense. 7:01:57 PM    comment [] trackback []

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