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...attacking the publication for its use of an anonymous source and charging it with responsibility for the 17 deaths and increased anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. According to White House spokesperson, Scott McLellan: “The report has real consequences. People have lost their lives. Our image abroad has been damaged.” Such accusations are overblown and, of course, ironic...
...terror”—tactics that make the Koran desecration seem unremarkable. The Newsweek article might have been a catalyst for the recent flare of riots and violence. But for the Bush administration to use this mainstream magazine as a scapegoat for our shameful image abroad is ridiculous...
Ultimately, it is obvious and unfortunate that the Bush administration has taken this opportunity to deflect some of the responsibility for the U.S.’s pathetic image abroad, blaming a mainstream magazine for international sentiments that have taken years to cultivate. It is regrettable that Newsweek printed a story with false claims, but it is ridiculous to impute upon them blame for the sorry state of the American image. But to focus blame solely on Newsweek and the Bush administration for the recent riots is to overlook the actions of those who participated in the violence following...
There are some who argue that because of the story's potential to harm the U.S. abroad, Newsweek should not have published it, even if it were true. Robert Zelnick, chairman of Boston University's journalism department and a former Pentagon correspondent for ABC News, draws a distinction between Abu Ghraib, where there was a systematic pattern of prisoner abuse, and the allegation of an isolated act of Koran desecration at Guantnamo, however deplorable. "In this case," he says, "I think the potential for mischief was so great and the journalistic value of the information so small that...
...issue is...how to build consensus on what the University wants to get involved in,” Hyman said. “We want our undergraduates to have valuable experiences abroad. Sites and projects operated by our professional schools could provide terrific experiences, but without additional help, they might not be compatible with undergraduate needs...