Kaye Grogan
Newsweek . . . stealing CBS's thunder
By Kaye Grogan
The "feeble" attempt by Newsweek Magazine to retract the extensively damaging article where the Koran Bible was (supposedly) flushed down a toilet by American prison guards, is like trying to pour spilled ink back into the bottle. First of all, I don't think a book can be flushed down a toilet — unless the book is torn into single pages. Try flushing a book down a toilet and see how far it goes. So, just a little ounce of common sense would have been all was necessary to question the authenticity of this "outrageous" claim.
Too many "unsubstantiated" reported articles are making their way out into public, and there needs to be accountability pronto! Trying to make the mud slung at walls stick with outlandish claims and attacks by disgruntled "sore losers" might be considered childish — if not so dangerous.
Not only was the Newsweek article claiming the Koran Bible was flushed down a toilet inside a detention holding place for Muslim terrorists "misleading" — the report could be viewed as "un-American."
In case anyone is not familiar with the definition of un-American: not in accordance with American characteristics; US, chiefly historical against the interests of the US and therefore treasonable.
Now I know that President Bush is usually to blame for everything including the stumping of someone's big toe, but it is really beyond absurd to blame the Bush Administration for the now infamous Koran story in Newsweek. Sorry, but " political correctness" is not going to suffice for something so detrimental to the well-being of Americans this time. You'll have to go and bark up another tree.
Sure there are many who question the reasons we are in Iraq, but every other invasion in the past has been criticized and questioned too. War is never pretty, and expecting peace is going to prevail, bringing about harmony is about as logical as trying to capture smoke in your hands. We can't reach common ground here in our own country — much less in other countries.
After CBS ran the uncorroborated "bogus" story about President Bush's service in the National Guard — you would expect that printed media would have learned a valuable lesson by now. But evidently, Newsweek wanted their heads on the chopping block too. And Dan Rather did win a "Peabody Award" for the story reported by him on "60 Minutes II" of the "Abuse at Abu Gharib." This story also sparked a repulsive anti-American explosion heard throughout the world.
I didn't actually see the report of Abu Gharib prisoner abuse reported by Dan Rather, because I stopped watching the news and one-way slanted stories on 60 Minutes on CBS years ago. But I bet Rather was salivating at the mouth like a lot of other left-wingers who thought they had President Bush hogtied waiting to drag him out of the White House, kicking and screaming after the 2004 presidential election.
I am still at a loss trying to figure out how terrorists who are being detained in prisons for the horrific role they played in the 9/11 "senseless" brutal attack, have so many rights here in America. How the leaders and judges in the United States have gotten so far off of course in interpreting the US Constitution is incongruous and pathetic.
In case anyone has forgotten: convicted criminals and war prisoners don't have any rights beyond being provided the following essentials: food, water, and a place to sleep. Having said that — I don't believe anyone should be subjected to sexual abuse of any degree no matter where the alleged abuse is taking place.
The repercussions and fallout associated with explosive "untrue" stories published by print media or reported on television, can only incite and exasperate our enemies — which in turn will endanger American lives to a much higher degree.
Evidently, the people involved with bringing out stories that perhaps can be looked upon as aiding and abetting our enemies — believe they are immune to terrorist attacks or biological weapons. I am sure no one in their wildest imagination thought two powerfully built twin towers could be reduced to rubble either.
I would hope that everyone who claims to love America, will take a long look at the role they are playing — and if they are instrumental in bringing about ill will and destructive behavior, hopefully, they will see the need to begin to build new bridges of love and will do their part in tearing down the erosive...bridges of hate.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
The "feeble" attempt by Newsweek Magazine to retract the extensively damaging article where the Koran Bible was (supposedly) flushed down a toilet by American prison guards, is like trying to pour spilled ink back into the bottle. First of all, I don't think a book can be flushed down a toilet — unless the book is torn into single pages. Try flushing a book down a toilet and see how far it goes. So, just a little ounce of common sense would have been all was necessary to question the authenticity of this "outrageous" claim.
Too many "unsubstantiated" reported articles are making their way out into public, and there needs to be accountability pronto! Trying to make the mud slung at walls stick with outlandish claims and attacks by disgruntled "sore losers" might be considered childish — if not so dangerous.
Not only was the Newsweek article claiming the Koran Bible was flushed down a toilet inside a detention holding place for Muslim terrorists "misleading" — the report could be viewed as "un-American."
In case anyone is not familiar with the definition of un-American: not in accordance with American characteristics; US, chiefly historical against the interests of the US and therefore treasonable.
Now I know that President Bush is usually to blame for everything including the stumping of someone's big toe, but it is really beyond absurd to blame the Bush Administration for the now infamous Koran story in Newsweek. Sorry, but " political correctness" is not going to suffice for something so detrimental to the well-being of Americans this time. You'll have to go and bark up another tree.
Sure there are many who question the reasons we are in Iraq, but every other invasion in the past has been criticized and questioned too. War is never pretty, and expecting peace is going to prevail, bringing about harmony is about as logical as trying to capture smoke in your hands. We can't reach common ground here in our own country — much less in other countries.
After CBS ran the uncorroborated "bogus" story about President Bush's service in the National Guard — you would expect that printed media would have learned a valuable lesson by now. But evidently, Newsweek wanted their heads on the chopping block too. And Dan Rather did win a "Peabody Award" for the story reported by him on "60 Minutes II" of the "Abuse at Abu Gharib." This story also sparked a repulsive anti-American explosion heard throughout the world.
I didn't actually see the report of Abu Gharib prisoner abuse reported by Dan Rather, because I stopped watching the news and one-way slanted stories on 60 Minutes on CBS years ago. But I bet Rather was salivating at the mouth like a lot of other left-wingers who thought they had President Bush hogtied waiting to drag him out of the White House, kicking and screaming after the 2004 presidential election.
I am still at a loss trying to figure out how terrorists who are being detained in prisons for the horrific role they played in the 9/11 "senseless" brutal attack, have so many rights here in America. How the leaders and judges in the United States have gotten so far off of course in interpreting the US Constitution is incongruous and pathetic.
In case anyone has forgotten: convicted criminals and war prisoners don't have any rights beyond being provided the following essentials: food, water, and a place to sleep. Having said that — I don't believe anyone should be subjected to sexual abuse of any degree no matter where the alleged abuse is taking place.
The repercussions and fallout associated with explosive "untrue" stories published by print media or reported on television, can only incite and exasperate our enemies — which in turn will endanger American lives to a much higher degree.
Evidently, the people involved with bringing out stories that perhaps can be looked upon as aiding and abetting our enemies — believe they are immune to terrorist attacks or biological weapons. I am sure no one in their wildest imagination thought two powerfully built twin towers could be reduced to rubble either.
I would hope that everyone who claims to love America, will take a long look at the role they are playing — and if they are instrumental in bringing about ill will and destructive behavior, hopefully, they will see the need to begin to build new bridges of love and will do their part in tearing down the erosive...bridges of hate.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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