Newsweek Apologizes, Got Story Wrong
• Error Costs 16 Lives, Days of Riots
Newsweek apologized Sunday for an inaccurate report on the treatment of detainees that triggered several days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 15 people died.The deadly consequences of the May 1 report, and its reliance on the unnamed source, have sparked considerable anger inside the Pentagon. Spokesman Bryan Whitman called Newsweek's report "irresponsible" and "demonstrably false," saying the magazine "hid behind anonymous sources which by their own admission do not withstand scrutiny. Unfortunately, they cannot retract the damage that they have done to this nation or those who were viciously attacked by those false allegations."
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