Short Version: Newsweek publishes an article that says US interrogators flushed copies of the Koran down the toilet while interrogating people in order to get them to talk.

Muslims around the world, specifically angry about this story, marched in protest of this action. During some of those protests, people were killed.

Ooops. It turns out the story was false.

So basically, Newsweek saw an opportunity to make George Bush look bad, and they seized it. Making Bush look bad was all that mattered. Too bad in their sloppy zeal, they caused the deaths of innocents.

Side Issue: How jacked up is the Islamic religion if the idea of some random person flushing copies of your koran/bible/whatever means you have to take to the streets and kill people. Get over yourselves, freaks. Sheesh.

I imagine this will have no negative impact on Newsweek, but it clearly shows that the leftist media is in full effect and they will do anything to discredit politicians they dislike- including be sloppy with facts and rush stories to print regardless of their veracity.