Newsweek Sees Future: Saudi Arabia Executed Hundreds by 2025 (Oops, 2017)
Newsweek reported, with definitive certainty, that 'Saudi Arabia Executed Hundreds of People in 2025.' This headline, still live on their site, seems to have slipped through a wormhole from an alternate dimension where 2025 functions as 2017. While a typo is an error, when it pertains to state-sanctioned killings, one might expect a modicum more precision. Especially concerning a nation whose
human rights record is, demonstrably, a consistent concern, not a futuristic projection. Instead of foresight into Riyadh's future brutality, we were offered a glimpse into a media outlet's editing process—or lack thereof. It's almost comical how easily such a glaring error can persist, reminding us that even when reporting on factual tragedies, the mainstream press sometimes struggles with more
basic facts, like the calendar year. One wonders what 'informed' predictions on foreign policy are being made if they can't even get the date right.