Rich, it is certainly possible that the fallout from theNewsweek story will boomerang in the magazine’s favor, or be seen in that light because the press has rallied around Whitaker and Company in a startling display of guild loyalty. But that’s an elite-media vs. regular-folks misunderstanding of why Newsweek’s behavior was so enraging. People here aren’t mad because of the falsity at the heart of the story’s reporting. They are angry because the magazine reported something in an offhanded and thoughtless manner that caused anti-American riots that led to deaths and injuries and did injury to the United States. That Stateside anger isn’t going to dissipate because people discover the Koran hit the floor in 2003.