Time
American news weekly founded in 1923, cited as a source for Lowdown event reporting.
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Did a US missile kill 180 Iranian schoolgirls, and will Time's investigation force accountability?
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- What is Time magazine?
- Time is an American weekly news magazine founded in 1923, owned since 2018 by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff. It is known for long-form political and international reporting and its annual Person of the Year designation.Source: Time
- What did Time find about the Minab school strike?
- Time, the New York Times, and CNN conducted independent investigations into the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls school in Minab, Iran. Their joint conclusion was that a US Tomahawk missile using outdated targeting data was likely responsible for killing approximately 180 girls aged 7 to 12.Source: Time / New York Times / CNN
- Has the US government responded to Time's Minab investigation?
- No. The Pentagon has neither confirmed nor denied the findings of the Time, New York Times, and CNN investigations into the Minab school strike. No official attribution has been made by the US government.Source: Time
- How does Time compare to Newsweek?
- Both Time and Newsweek are US legacy news weeklies, but Time has substantially higher global circulation and greater editorial resources. Time has an in-house investigative unit; Newsweek operates primarily as a digital outlet following its 2012 bankruptcy.
Background
Time is an American weekly news magazine founded in 1923, one of the highest-circulation English-language publications in the world. It is best known for its Person of the Year franchise, distinctive red-border cover, and long-form political reporting. Since 2018 it has been owned by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation for $190 million.
In coverage of the Iran conflict, Time joined a joint investigation with the New York Times and CNN into the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, which killed approximately 180 girls aged 7 to 12. The investigation concluded that a US Tomahawk missile using outdated targeting data was likely responsible — one of the conflict's gravest accountability questions.
The investigation has drawn no official US response, leaving Time and its co-investigators in a politically exposed position: three newsrooms insisting on attributing civilian deaths to a US weapon while the Pentagon declines to engage. The credibility of Time's investigative unit is now directly staked on whether the attribution is ever confirmed.
