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Newsweek epitomized putting the "analysis of the age above" the facts when it published guilt-implying mug shots of the falsely-accused lacrosse players on its cover (two weeks after DNA testing had cleared them). Evan Thomas later explained that "the narrative [of its story] was right, but the facts were wrong". Classic.

Posted on December 23rd, 2012 10:45pm