Kurtz Does Newsweek
The multi-media Howard Kurtz is a one-man wrap-up of the Newsweek flap from last week.
He reports on a statement in the new issue of Newsweek explaining how the paper will cut down on its use of anonymous sources: “The cryptic phrase ‘sources said’ will never again be the sole attribution for a story in Newsweek.” the mag’s chair says.
The Post’s media machine also examines how the story has basically become one about the left and the right–not the truth or the media.
On the right: Newsweek “wanted the story to be true,” says Rush Limbaugh, because the media “have an adversarial relationship with America” and “end up siding with the bad guys.”
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