Is Newsweek More Ethical Than the White House?

Over at dKos diarist RonZ's got it right with White House Retracts Disputed Iraq Story:

The White House says Newsweek the Bush Administration took a "good first step" by retracting its story that U.S. investigators intelligence agencies found evidence interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Quran Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but it wants the magazine administration to do more to repair damage caused by the article claims.

Read the entire diary (which presumes you already know about the Downing Street Minutes) for a funny but sobering take on how far from ethical our entire government has swung.

Of course the main difference is that the Newsweek story is true (even if not substantiated, Quran's were 'tortured') and the Bush story is false (reams of evidence that there were no WMD's).

So wait--why is that funny?

[UPDATE 5-19-05] Link to Quran 'torture' testimony.

[UPDATE 5-25-05] Ah, this breaking news that the Quran was, in fact, abused.

[UPDATE 5-27-05] And the hits just keep on coming (5 more to be exact).