Newsweek has retracted the report in its May 9 issue alleging desecration of the Quran at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The allegation resulted in riots and deaths in parts of the Muslim world.
Meanwhile, CBS was at it again last week by selectively presenting an interview with former independent counsel Ken Starr to make it appear that he criticized possible action by Republicans to change Senate rules to bypass Democratic filibusters of W's federal judicial nominees as a 'radical departure'. While Mr. Starr does not support changing the filibuster rules, he does explain how the interview was manipulated.
In an e-mail from Starr posted today on National Review Online's "The Corner," Starr explained: "The 'radical departure' snippet was specifically addressed -- although this is not evidenced whatever from the clip -- to the practice of invoking judicial philosophy as a grounds for voting against a qualified nominee of integrity and experience." Starr declared: "[O]ur friends are way off base in assuming that the CBS snippets, as used, represent (a) my views, or (b) what I in fact said."
No retraction has been issued by CBS over this.
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Wait for it...wait for it...Oh, yeah, that's right, it's CBS. Uh, I guess we can all stop waiting.
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