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May 18, 2005
A Change of Heart
It has been interesting to watch the boiling outrage from the right wing over Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, and his May 9th story about the U.S. military flushing a copy of the Quran down the toilet. Riots and deaths in Afghanistan have ensued.
Some of us remember Isikoff's leading role in fomenting Bill Clinton scandal stories, many of which turned out to be totally false. Isikoff was then a darling of conservatives, even called a "respected journalist" by that intellectual tower Sean Hannity. My, how things change.
Conservatives are now calling for Isikoff's head. Newsweek's retraction of the story just isn't good enough. Never mind that he once was a one-man crusader against Bill Clinton. Now he's just another Michael Moore.
We are shocked, shocked that the right wing would shorten its collective memory, and hold up its former hero as just another example of the "liberal media."
Some of us remember the truth.
Posted by houtopia at May 18, 2005 08:56 AM