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I ain't laughing.
People are going to, yes, believe this for decades. Even if Time can be persuaded to issue a correction, it will continue to be cited as fact in countless editorials, news analyses, network talk shows, bar discussions, and so on and so forth.
It may be fun to watch, for those of us who are paying close enough attention to understand just what Time's reporter stepped in - but most people aren't paying attention that closely. Every time this happens - a popular MSM outlet printing harmful falsehoods - it's a minor disaster, precisely because it plays into the narrative. It's corrosive.
Why it sucks to write for a dead tree mag
Poor Mark Kukis, Time writer in Baghdad. He has a deadline to get his copy in so Time can kill a few hundred thousand trees spreading lies and defeatism. But he catches a lucky break when the news of 20 lovely decapitated bodies comes in. Oh Bliss, his editor will love this and it ties in with t...
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