"In Good Faith"

Newsweek is claiming that their sloppy journalism was carried out with the best of intentions.

WASHINGTON — One day after retracting a story that said U.S. interrogators desecrated the Koran, a top Newsweek editor acknowledged the magazine made "serious mistakes" but suggested to FOX News that no one would be fired over the incident.

"Clearly there were mistakes here," Dan Klaidman, Newsweek's Washington bureau chief, told FOX News on Tuesday. "It was in good faith, they were honest mistakes, and we are trying to be transparent about it."

Asked if anyone would be fired, Klaidman didn't answer directly but said he believed people at the magazine "acted professionally." Klaidman also offered praise for reporter Michael Isikoff, who he said has gotten past delicate and explosive stories "entirely right."

Newsweek says that the mistakes were made "in good faith". I say that the mistakes were proof of further sloppy attempts to break lies and unsubstantiated gossip in an obvious effort to incriminate and defame the Bush Administration.

What's the difference between what Newsweek says, and what the Fly says? One of them's true, and the other was written by Newsweek.