Newsweek's Delayed Retraction
All of you wondering what the difference was between Newsweek "apologizing" for the story and them "retracting" it? About 24 hours:
From: Angilella, Jan
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: Newsweek Statement on Qur'an story from Editor Mark Whitaker
Contact: Ken Weine at 212-XXX-XXXX
Monday, May 16, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEWSWEEK STATEMENT ON QUR'AN STORY FROM EDITOR MARK WHITAKER:
New York-"Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Qur'an abuse at Guantanamo Bay."