Okay, this thing is getting more and more bizarre. The White House spent the day attacking Newsweek. Apparently, it worked. AP is now reporting that Newsweek has retracted the Koran story:
But after the White House criticized Newsweek's response to the story, Whitaker released a statement later Monday through a spokesman saying the magazine was actually retracting the story.If you want to get a great perspective on the White House criticism of Newsweek, check out the post "Pot, Meet Kettle" on DailyKos. Cracked me up. It's why we love Kos.
"Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Quran abuse at Guantanamo Bay," Whitaker said.
