Newsweek Retracts

CNN actually has a decent video clip on the Newsweek report. The best part was a quote from a defense department official who said "People are dead because of what this son of a b**** said."

This is what happens when the news media cares more about finding a story to hurt the Bush Administration than it does about our soldiers fighting abroad. The old liberal line is still true: "victory at any cost" -- or rather, defeat.

*Update*
Glenn Reynolds has a great post at MSNBC.com about whether many reporters in America are un-American.

In light of these events, people may be forgiven for doubting the patriotism of many folks in Big Media. And there's evidence that they should. In his book Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, James Fallows describes an episode of PBS's program, "Ethics in America," in which host Charles Ogletree asked leading journalists if they would allow American troops to be killed in order to get a story. CBS correspondent Mike Wallace said yes, he'd go for the story, and denied any ethical conflict: "You don't have a higher duty. No. No. You're a reporter!" After some hemming and hawing, Peter Jennings agreed...

...And with this kind of pattern established, journalists shouldn't be surprised that so many Americans are questioning their patriotism -- to the extent that they feel there's any question left.