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  • Foer's Folly Finally Falls Flat {The New Republic}

    12/02/2007 9:36:35 AM PST · by 3AngelaD · 20 replies · 569+ views
    American Thinker ^ | December 02, 2007 | Rick Moran
    It took four months of dodging, ducking, bobbing, and weaving, but bloggers have finally pinned Franklin Foer and The New Republic to the mat. Yesterday afternoon, Foer's online edition of the magazine published a long, self-pitying, highly defensive screed about the Scott Beauchamp articles that accused American soldiers of casual atrocities in Iraq in which the Editor of The New Republic admitted the magazine would no longer stand behind or vouch for their accuracy: "When I last spoke with Beauchamp in early November, he continued to stand by his stories. Unfortunately, the standards of this magazine require more than that....
  • Foer of Fog

    12/02/2007 12:16:35 PM PST · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 4 replies · 95+ views
    Border Pundit Blog ^ | December 1, 2007
    Remember Scott Beauchamp? The soldier who wrote stories from the Middle East, about things like mocking a disfigured woman in a chow hall, running over a dog and wearing pieces of baby skull under helmets? The tales never rang true, but the editors of The New Republic ran with them like crack addicts looking for more baking soda. Now that TNR has posted a whinging, non-apology, Franklin Foer is your editorial man of the hour whose self-effacing pen is less mighty than his apparent ego. And that’s why there’s already a new movie out. See source for lotsa kewl links....
  • SHOCK DOCS: THE NEW REPUBLIC 'SHOCK TROOPS' STORY COLLAPSES

    10/24/2007 10:33:54 AM PDT · by coffee260 · 98 replies · 262+ views
    Drudge ^ | 10/24/2007 | Matt Drudge
    SHOCK DOCS: THE NEW REPUBLIC 'SHOCK TROOPS' STORY COLLAPSESWED Oct 24 2007 12:29:44 ET The DRUDGE REPORT has optained internal documents from the investigation of THE NEW REPUBLIC'S "Baghdad Diarist", Scott Thomas Beauchamp, an Army private turned war correspondent who reported tales of military malfeasance from the Iraq War front. The documents appear to expose that once the veracity of Beauchamp's diaries were called into question, and an Army investigation ensued, THE NEW REPUBLIC has failed to publicly account for publishing slanderous falsehoods about the U.S. military in a time of war. Document 1: Beauchamp Refuses to Stand by...
  • Author Tells U.S. Army He Made Up Stories Published in New Republic

    08/07/2007 10:59:54 AM PDT · by Squidpup · 21 replies · 1,192+ views
    FOXNews.com ^ | August 7, 2007 | By Michael Goldfarb
    The Weekly Standard has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp -- author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns -- signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods -- fabrications containing only "a smidgen of truth," in the words of our source. Separately, we received this statement from Major Steven F. Lamb, the deputy Public Affairs Officer for Multi National Division-Baghdad: "An investigation has been completed and...
  • A STATEMENT ON SCOTT THOMAS (TNR Editors Respond)

    08/07/2007 11:29:17 AM PDT · by SeafoodGumbo · 31 replies · 1,760+ views
    The New Republic ^ | 8-07-07 | TNR Editors
    We've talked to military personnel directly involved in the events that Scott Thomas Beauchamp described, and they corroborated his account as detailed in our statement. When we called Army spokesman Major Steven F. Lamb and asked about an anonymously sourced allegation that Beauchamp had recanted his articles in a sworn statement, he told us, "I have no knowledge of that." He added, "If someone is speaking anonymously [to The Weekly Standard], they are on their own." When we pressed Lamb for details on the Army investigation, he told us, "We don't go into the details of how we conduct our...
  • My Time In Iraq [ExileStreet] -An Attempt at Post-Modern Journalism

    08/08/2007 6:57:56 AM PDT · by ParsifalCA · 3 replies · 376+ views
    ExileStreet ^ | 8/8/07 | John Mark Reynolds
    Bottom Line: Following the standards of journalism adopted by The New Republic and by my post-modern colleagues in the Academy, I have decided to report on my experiences in Iraq. Now I have never been to Iraq, but I am told (by modern academics) that it is not the literal truth of the story that counts, but whether the story “smells right” or has the right over arching plot. It seems good to try this out and write a story that is not true, but which accepts all the premises about the War and the troops that I am supposed...
  • Pvt. [Scott Thomas]Beauchamp: Proud of Being Ashamed?

    08/06/2007 6:16:38 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 19 replies · 1,038+ views
    Real Clear Politics ^ | August 6, 2007 | Paul McNellis
    In a famous passage in his Confessions, St. Augustine admits that as a young boy he ran with a bad crowd and fabricated stories to impress his friends. I was ashamed among other youths that my viciousness was less than theirs: I heard them boasting of their exploits...not only for the pleasure of the act but for the pleasure of the boasting....and when I lacked opportunity to equal others in vice, I invented things I had not done, lest I might be held cowardly for being innocent, or contemptible for being chaste....Someone cries, 'Come on, let's do it'--and we would...
  • Beauchamp Investigation Concluded ["Refuted by Members of his Platoon and PROVEN TO BE FALSE"]

    08/03/2007 8:24:48 AM PDT · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 88 replies · 2,441+ views
    MattSanchezBackInIraq.com ^ | 08/03/2007 | Matt Sanchez
    After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegation made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been "refuted by members of his platoon and proven to be false" The official investigation the 4th IBCT Public Affairs Office qualified as "thorough and professional" concluded late August 1st. Officials would not speculate on the possibility of further action against Private Beauchamp, nor would they confirm his current whereabouts or status. Sergeant First Class Robert Timmons, the acting public affairs official of the 4th IBCT, 1st...
  • A STATEMENT FROM SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP: (TNR's diarist comes clean)

    07/26/2007 4:26:20 AM PDT · by TomB · 178 replies · 13,915+ views
    The New Republic ^ | 7/26/07 | Scott Thomas Beauchamp
    A STATEMENT FROM SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP: As we've noted in this space, some have questioned details that appeared in the Diarist "Shock Troops," published under the pseudonym Scott Thomas. According to Major Kirk Luedeke, a public affairs officer at Forward Operating Base Falcon, a formal military investigation has also been launched into the incidents described in the piece. Although the article was rigorously edited and fact-checked before it was published, we have decided to go back and, to the extent possible, re-report every detail. This process takes considerable time, as the primary subjects are on another continent, with intermittent access...
  • Dem Rush to Idiocy (REID CALLS ON SENATORS TO JOIN IN CONDEMNING LIMBAUGH FROM SENATE FLOOR)

    10/01/2007 12:07:22 PM PDT · by mojito · 248 replies · 232+ views
    The Corner/NRO ^ | 10/1/2007 | Katherine Jean Lopez
    Harry Reid's not dropping it. (Will he condemn ABC next for reporting on actual phony soldiers??) For Immediate Release Date: Monday, October 1, 2007 REID CALLS ON SENATORS TO JOIN IN CONDEMNING LIMBAUGH’S ATTACK ON OUR TROOPS Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate, urging Senators to sign a letter that calls on Mark P. Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications, to publicly repudiate Rush Limbaugh’s characterization of troops who speak out against the Iraq war as “phony soldiers.” Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “Freedom of...
  • Rush Limbaugh, phony soldiers, and the Left’s desperate need for its own “Betray Us” moment

    10/01/2007 11:02:12 AM PDT · by 3AngelaD · 76 replies · 212+ views
    Michelle Malkin ^ | September 30, 2007 | Michelle Malkin
    Update: Moonbats continue to push to kick Rush off the Armed Forces Network. More here. *** So, word is that the Democrats will introduce a House resolution Monday condemning Rush Limbaugh for his remarks about phony soldiers. Brian Maloney points out that ABC News aired a report on phony soldiers and Operation Stolen Valor two days before Rush made his remarks. Asks Maloney: “Given the overwhelming evidence to support Limbaugh’s contention that he really was talking about phony soldiers who have faked their service, how does the left justify continuing this fabrication?” Here is what this phony fiasco is really...
  • The New Republic - Mendacity Unlimited (The Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp Affair)

    08/08/2007 12:41:28 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 1 replies · 801+ views
    Townhall ^ | August 8, 2007 | Dean Barnett
    Surprisingly enough, there’s actually something interesting in Howard Kurtz’ characteristically lifeless rundown on the Scott Beauchamp drama. As usual, Kurtz entered the fray days late and with little to add. Nonetheless, he concluded his piece in compelling fashion by quoting GWU journalism professor Mark Feldstein. “There is a cloud over the New Republic, but there's one hanging over the Army, as well,” Feldstein noted. “Each investigated this and cleared themselves, but they both have vested interests.” Feldstein must not have gotten Franklin Foer’s memo. The Baghdad Diarists were supposed to represent one soldier’s “discrete” impressions of the war and how...