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Drudge vs. TNR
Slate ^ | Oct. 24, 2007 | Michael Weiss

Posted on 10/24/2007 4:38:54 PM PDT by Lorianne

Drudge vs. TNR: Early Wednesday afternoon, the Drudge Report posted a red-letter item about the controversy surrounding the New Republic's "Baghdad Diarist," Scott Beauchamp. Beauchamp is a soldier serving in Iraq whose dispatches telling of outrageous behavior by U.S. troops—belittling a woman scarred by an IED, wearing a skull fragment from the remains of a child found in one of Saddam's mass graves, and intentionally trying to kill dogs with armored vehicles—came under intense scrutiny from conservative bloggers over the summer. TNR issued a statement on Aug. 10 saying it was investigating the veracity of the reports but hasn't commented since.

Drudge, promising to reveal that TNR's " 'SHOCK TROOPS' STORY COLLAPSES," originally posted three PDF files, the first two of which consisted of a transcript of a phone conversation from Sept. 7 involving Beauchamp, TNR editor-in-chief Franklin Foer, TNR executive editor Peter Scoblic, and others. In it, Beauchamp at first refused to cooperate with TNR to help defend the veracity of his articles, saying that he just wanted the whole affair to go away, despite being told that TNR couldn't defend his reporting if he didn't defend it himself.

The final PDF contains what appear to be official Army memoranda—and a document signed by Beauchamp acknowledging that he'd received a "Memorandum of Concern".from the Army. (Is this a confession by Beauchamp? At the National Review's Corner, a lawyer says no.)

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beauchamp; media; scottthomas; tnr
Tons of embedded links in the Slate story for anyone who wants to delve deeper (and can spend a few days).

I don' have days to look into it ... it looks like another 'fake but accurate' reporter ... and The New Republic is facilitator.

1 posted on 10/24/2007 4:38:55 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

I thought this had been debunked weeks ago.


2 posted on 10/24/2007 4:51:26 PM PDT by dsc (There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke)
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To: dsc
  The story had been debunked.

  But what's new is Drudge's evidence that TNR had spoken to Beauchamp, and urged him not to talk to other media, even while they claimed the army wasn't allowing him to communicate. This is evidence that TNR was stonewalling, despite their promises not to do so. It doesn't add much to the actual Beauchamp side of the story.

Drew Garrett

3 posted on 10/24/2007 4:54:26 PM PDT by agarrett
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To: agarrett

ooooo....just another example of what Saul Alinsky has taught the LEFT in this country....ACCUSE your opponent of what YOU are doing!! The New Republic was saying that the MILITARY wasn’t allowing Scott the LIAR to talk with the media, when it was TNR ALL ALONG who wouldn;t let Scott the LIAR to talk to the media!!! It’s called PROJECTION, I believe.


4 posted on 10/24/2007 5:09:37 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her PHONINESS is REAL!!!)
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To: dsc
I thought this had been debunked weeks ago.

It was, but TNR has still not admitted that the stories were complete fabrications. Their claim that Beuachamp's stories had been fact checked has also been shown to be false. TNR has recently been saying that the military was preventing Beauchamp from speaking to the press, yet another lie

LFG has links to the three leaked documents here. The validity of those documents has not yet been confirmed, but Charles Johnson, who runs LGF, seems to think they are legit.

5 posted on 10/24/2007 5:17:09 PM PDT by TChad
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To: agarrett
Malkin is all over this as her top story now, with many links all over.

http://www.michellemalkin.com/

6 posted on 10/24/2007 6:13:54 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Suzy Quzy
...just another example of what Saul Alinsky...

Agreed, however it goes much further back. Check out the Frankfurt school and where it extended its influence. Most of the "Social Marxist" ideas originate from this dirt pile. As I understand the school (think tank)was started to figure out why in WWI people rallied around their flag and not around their "class". It was decided that the idea of Nationalism had to be eliminated and they began to develop techniques to accomplish this. I believe many of Alinsky's ideas are directly related to these original social Marxists.

7 posted on 10/24/2007 6:41:56 PM PDT by Archon of the East (Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
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To: Lorianne

Liberal media lying...boyoboy...I am glad I’m sitting down...who’d a thunk it??

They can ALL kiss my *ss in Macy’s window.


8 posted on 10/24/2007 6:48:23 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to)
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To: Archon of the East

Read what Hillary Rodham thinks of her mentor, Alinksy, here:

http://gopublius.com/hillary-clintons-wellesley-thesis-page/


9 posted on 10/24/2007 7:06:49 PM PDT by hotshu (Rush is RIGHT! The left is WRONG!)
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To: Lorianne
Another source (Captain's Quarters:

Hemingway, Under Glass (UPDATE: TNR Shut Down Beauchamp)

10 posted on 10/24/2007 9:00:46 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; ...

Dhimmicrat Shill / New Baghdad Bob scandal sure got buried fast, didn’t it? Meanwhile, the MSM is attempting to Katrina the Republicans somehow — despite the fact that the MSM’s own political party, the one they shill for, controls both houses of Congress.


11 posted on 10/25/2007 12:02:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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