Newsweek Lied, People Died

The Newsweek/toilet flush kerfuffle is at full speed right now. Austin Bay is all over. I was never stationed at Guantanamo and was a sailor, not a soldier. That said, I'm reasonably sure that they don't have toilets that are big enough to flush a Koran.

How could Newsweek run with that blurb? In their attempt to pin another false story on Bush, Newsweek ended up being the latest MSM casualty laying in a broken heap by the side of the road while Bush motors along.

Update: James Taranto says it best:

Journalists have to make myriad judgment calls, and this is far from the first time a news organization has jumped the gun and reported information that turned out to be false--though usually the consequences aren't so bloody. But it's fair to say this is an example of "adversary" journalism getting out of control. Reporters are not agents of the government, but it wouldn't hurt if, at least during wartime, they were restrained by some sense of patriotism.