TNR Offers A Half-assed We can no longer stand by Beauchamp’s stories
The title alone, Fog of War, should give the reader an idea of their insincerity. The second paragraph should soldify any remaning question that the reader may have as to the sincerity of Foer:
When Michael Goldfarb, a blogger for The Weekly Standard, left me a message on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-July, I didn’t know him or his byline. And I certainly didn’t anticipate that his message would become the starting point for a controversy.
Of course they didn’t know him! But they do now, don’t they!
This story is not the result of any fog of war. This story was a deliberate attempt to paint our soldiers as savages as a result of war. The problems arose when it was revealed that the stories were made up. The soldier, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, wrote the stories, and what TNR didn’t share with the readers, was the fact that his wife worked for them.
Bryan and Allahpundit have a detailed post that they are updating continuously..check it out
Michelle reminds us that it was:
Ace of Spades who first reported on this conflict of interest and pushed it persistently. He and others were derided as “ludicrous.”
Who’s ludicrous, now?
Others discussing the story:
Patterico
Bob Owens
Glenn ReynoldsEd Driscoll.com
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