Freedom of the Press

There has been a lot of talk about the Newsweek article stating that US guards flushed the Koran down the toilet in front of prisoners. Protest have occured throughout the Muslim world because of the article, and people have been killed. Reports claim that Newsweek has backed off of the article with their tails between their legs. I think that it would be prudent for those of you who are running around blaming Newsweek for the protests to read this first. Also, this has been reported by more than 10 other newspapers around the world. Even the Denver Post reported this on January 9th of this year:

HEADLINE: Nightmare of Guantanamo.... U.S. prison camp in Cuba has become legal black hole, reporter says:
"They were punched, slapped, denied sleep, had seen other prisoners sexually humiliated, hooded and forced to watch copies of the Koran being flushed down toilets. Eventually the pressure proved too much - they gave false confessions that the British intelligence service, MI5, later showed to be untrue. Upon their return to the United Kingdom they were released without being charged."

That was well before the Newsweek article, which by the way, was approved by the Pentagon. Now, could the Neo-Cons be using this incident as a tool to control the media? CBS anyone?