First published in a weekly news magazine, the story was then posted on Web sites, sent in e-mails, and repeated on satellite television and radio stations for days before the facts could be discovered. That false story incited deadly anti-American riots in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
去年媒体报道亵渎古兰经的假新闻。这一消息最早出现在一本新闻周刊上，然后被张贴在了互联网网站上，从电子邮件中被发送出去，又连续几天在卫星电视和电台中重复之后才发现了事实真相。这一虚假新闻煽动了阿富汗和巴基斯坦的反美骚乱。