[scannell]

Does the New Republic still stand by his stories?

Of course they can, Dan Rather is still sticking by his.......scannell

[M Kehoe]

I will say this one more time, Beauchamp you have dishonored the Big Red One, and all who have served. IF you make it back to Riley, expect hardship, shunning, and disdain. For you are lower on the evolutionary scale then lawyers...strike that, than whale sh#t.

Matter of fact, you are lucky I no longer reside on Custer Hill.

You will probably be given an Article 15, but you should have an Article 32 hearing.

I scrape you off the bottom of my jump boots.

"No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great." You forgot those word, richard head.

5.56mm

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Two words: Blanket Party.

[txrangerette]

Yeah, but this stuff COULD have happened. You know what I mean? Anyway, how do we know something very much like it DIDN’T happen?? Do we know that for sure?? I’m suspicious this guy was planted by Dick Cheney and Karl Rove to discredit all such accounts in the future so noone will believe them. (Brought to you by your friends at DU and KOS).

[Tennessean4Bush]

Did Scott Thomas Beauchamp lie under oath to U.S. Army investigators, or did he lie to his editors at the New Republic?

That, my friends, is the money quote.

[Seaplaner]

...fabrications containing only "a smidgen of truth,"...

...are, nevertheless, lies; and these lies are of Clintonian proportion and effect.

Funny, I didn't seem to notice an apology from Pvt Beauchamp or TNR to Beachamp's platoon and company.

[El Gato]

Won’t matter. The stuff will be treated as gospel for generations to come. Just like John F’n Kerry’s lies.

[Brad from Tennessee]

You would think a guy doing a tour in Iraq with a rifle squad would be too distracted by snipers, mortar rounds, RPG’s, IED’s, etc. to fabricate events. The daily and nightly reality of his world would be more astounding than anything he made up. But I guess the readers of New Republic required anecdotes that degraded the American fighting man to fit their twisted belief system.

[elhombrelibre]

He’s the perfect example of Liberalism.

[Lancey Howard]

This is one of the most astonishing stories I ever read.

How on earth could the New Republic publish stories from a friggin’ private?? A private is essentially a very green boot who would likely have no clue how to interpret what he thinks he is seeing in a war-charged atmosphere. Privates are great, and I certainly have nothing against privates - - I was even a private myself once (though very briefly before getting my PFC stripe) - - but a private is the absolute bottom of the food chain. I mean, in the military they’re lower than dogs.

And the New Republic published this private on his word??
In my opinion, somebody at the New Republic needs to be fired for this. It is an unfathomable disgrace.

[Libertina]

Liberals and truth - like oil and water.

[river rat]

Just another punk like John F’n Kerry, attempting to make a career out of slandering the military....

No harm will come to him....
He shall profit from the slander and lies, by becoming a darling of the Left Wing Media....

With these bastards, it’s the “seriousness of the charge” that’s important and newsworthy — not the TRUTH.

[Constantine XIII]

Surprise, Surprise!

[StarCMC]

An investigation has been completed and the allegations made by PVT Beauchamp were found to be false. His platoon and company were interviewed and no one could substantiate the claims.

Didn't see THAT coming. /sarc

[DoughtyOne]

Ah which “NEW REPUBLIC” does the magazine represent? The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic(s) or the reincarnation they so fervently hope for?

They sure were outed on this one. I still expect to have leftists site this lying bastard for years to come.

[SeafoodGumbo]

• 2 Journalism scandals in the United States
  • 2.1 Walter Duranty, The New York Times (1930s)
  • 2.2 Janet Cooke, Washington Post (1980-1981)
  • 2.3 "Waiting to Explode", Dateline NBC (1992)
  • 2.4 The Oregonian's coverage of the Packwood scandal (1992)
  • 2.5 Bob Wisehart, Sacramento Bee (1994)
  • 2.6 Stephen Glass, The New Republic (1998)
  • 2.7 Patricia Smith, Boston Globe (1998)
  • 2.8 Operation Tailwind, CNN NewsStand (1998)
  • 2.9 Mike Barnicle, Boston Globe (1998)
  • 2.10 Michael Gallagher (1998)
  • 2.11 Jay Forman, Slate (2001)
  • 2.12 Bob Greene, Chicago Tribune (2002)
  • 2.13 Christopher Newton, Associated Press (2002)
  • 2.14 Houston Chronicle Light Rail Controversy (2002)
  • 2.15 Brian Walski, The Los Angeles Times (2003)
  • 2.16 James Forlong, Sky News (2003)
  • 2.17 CNN coverage of Iraq and Eason Jordan (2003)
  • 2.18 Jayson Blair, The New York Times (2003)
  • 2.19 "Gropegate", The Los Angeles Times (2003)
  • 2.20 Jack Kelley, USA Today (2004)
  • 2.21 Stephen Dunphy, Seattle Times (2004)
  • 2.22 The Oregonian's coverage of the Goldschmidt scandal (2004)
  • 2.23 The Boston Globe's Fake "GI Rape" Photographs (2004)
  • 2.24 The ABC News election memo (2004)
  • 2.25 Carl Cameron, Fox News Channel (2004)
  • 2.26 CBS News and the "Killian Documents" (2004)
  • 2.27 Thom Calandra, Marketwatch.com (2005)
  • 2.28 Eason Jordan, CNN (2005)
  • 2.29 Fake American hostage, Associated Press (2005)
  • 2.30 Eric Slater, Los Angeles Times (2005)
  • 2.31 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press (2005)
  • 2.32 Barbara Stewart, Boston Globe (2005)
  • 2.33 Diana Griego Erwin, Sacramento Bee (2005)
  • 2.34 Chris Cecil, Cartersville Daily News (2005)
  • 2.35 The Daily Egyptian's fake orphan (2005)
  • 2.36 Bush administration journalism scandals (2005)
  • 2.37 Jim Van Vliet, Sacramento Bee (2005)
  • 2.38 Nada Behziz, The Bakersfield Californian (2005)
  • 2.39 Tim Ryan, Honolulu Star-Bulletin (2006)
  • 2.40 Hassan Fattah, New York Times' Abu Ghraib photos (2006)
  • 2.41 Michael Hiltzik, The Los Angeles Times (2006)
  • 2.42 Paul Bradley, Richmond Times-Dispatch (2006)
  • 2.43 Philip Chien, Wired News (2006)
  • 2.44 Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher (2006)
  • 2.45 Adnan Hajj, Reuters (2006)
  • 2.46 Miami anti-Castro broadcasts (2006)
  • 2.47 Jack Hitt and New York Times Abortion/Infanticide Article (2006)
  • 2.48 Jacqueline Gonzalez, San Antonio Express News (2007)
  • 2.49 Maria Bartiromo, CNBC (2007)
  • 2.50 Allan Detrich, The Blade (2007)
  • 2.51 "Katie Couric's Notebook," CBSNews.com (2007)

[jeffers]

Wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out Lyddie England and the rest of the genital shocking crew at Abu Graib were hard core Liberals too.

It’s a standard Democrat tactic, and besides, who else besides Liberals have regular sex orgies?

Sleazy, cheap, no ethics, just interested in unearned benefits, that’s how half our country lives.

That’s why I never worked to my full capacity, to avoid paying taxes to keep them alive.

No thanks, let them starve. I get more benefit from an hour working for myself, that is not legally taxable, than I do working for some drooling Democrat anyway.

[Shelayne]

I saw this over at AceofSpades blog. Ace has been all over this from the beginning and was dead-on. He even had an inside source at TNR, who ended up getting fired when they figured out he/she was speaking out of turn. It really got interesting then because “Scott Thomas” was basically forced to ‘out’ himself.

It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. (Beauchamp thinking)

Poor little Elspeth now knows that her husband is a liar—or was she in on it? Though I am doubting she knew as one of the quotes from a source at TNR was, “Foer doesn’t want to tell Elspeth her husband is a liar.”

Well, OK, start off with “He’s a loser.” and finish with “He’s toast.” The long and short of it, if you will.

[Bogtrotter52]

From what I have been reading there has been some doubt for awhile about the truthfullness of his stories. I suppose all his supporters are running for cover. I am going to go to DU right now....I gotta see what the DUmmies have to say about it. Just guessing, but I am expecting something along the lines of.....”But but but.....the reports still stand even if embellished because they reveal deep and powerful thruths about the military and the war”.....or something like that. I’ll let you know. LOL!

[Allegra]

...the New Republic's editors complained that the military investigation was "short-circuiting" TNR's own fact-checking efforts.

Some jokes just write themselves.