Haditha - Give Time Time

Well, it's certainly nice to know that Time is making corrections to its almost three month old piece on Haditha. I wonder if it has to do with some of the blogging that's been going on. h/t Sweetness and Light

Last November, U.S. Marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians in their homes. Was it self-defense, an accident or cold-blooded revenge? A Time exclusive

By MATTHEW COOPER/WASHINGTON

Posted Friday, May. 26, 2006

In the original version of this story, TIME  reported that "one of the most damning pieces of evidence investigators have in their possession, John Sifton of Human Rights Watch told Time’s Tim McGirk, is a photo, taken by a Marine with his cell phone that shows Iraqis kneeling — and thus posing no threat — before they were shot." While Sifton did tell TIME that there was photographic evidence, taken by Marines, he had only heard about the specific content of the photos from reports done by NBC, and had no firsthand knowledge. TIME regrets the error.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1198843,00.html

Mar. 27, 2006

In the original version of this story, TIME reported that "a day after the incident, a Haditha journalism student videotaped the scene at the local morgue and at the homes where the killings had occurred. The video was obtained by the Hammurabi Human Rights Group, which cooperates with the internationally respected Human Rights Watch, and has been shared with TIME." In fact, Human Rights Watch has no ties or association with the Hammurabi Human Rights Group. TIME regrets the error.

http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1174682, 00.html

See SnL for more.

Comments

[chrys]

Any way they can grab at straws to be destructive to this needed cause. They've already calculated the fact that people will hear what they hear and never find out about the "takeback." It was disgusting listening to the questions of "did the military provide medical help" to the devil himself this morning.

[lurking]

Just wanted to say I really appreciate that you are following this story.

[FloridaPatty]

Comments
Any way they can grab at straws to be destructive to this needed cause. They've already calculated the fact that people will hear what they hear and never find out about the "takeback." It was disgusting listening to the questions of "did the military provide medical help" to the devil himself this morning.

Posted by: chrys | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 12:47 AM

That!

[splashtc]

Why do bloggers get it right and the big news organizations fail all the time??