New Republic Disavows Iraq Diarist's Reports

classicman · 12-04-2007, 02:36 PM

LINK HERE

"In the New Republic case, Foer acknowledged a key "mistake" in checking on whether Beauchamp lied or exaggerated in writing that U.S. soldiers had made fun of a disfigured woman, run over dogs for sport and played with an Iraqi child's skeletal remains. Foer said Beauchamp's wife, Elspeth Reeve, then a researcher at the magazine, was assigned "a large role" in checking the story. While Reeve acted in good faith, he said, "there was a clear conflict of interest."

Foer said he recognizes that some of the corroboration was coming from "Beauchamp's buddies" and that the private "sounded defensive and evasive" in trying to explain why he initially placed the allegedly disfigured woman in Iraq rather than Kuwait."

Wow - It just amazes me that some people lie in an arena of this magnatude and think they'll get away with it.

12-04-2007, 02:36 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	New Republic Disavows Iraq Diarist's Reports LINK HERE "In the New Republic case, Foer acknowledged a key "mistake" in checking on whether Beauchamp lied or exaggerated in writing that U.S. soldiers had made fun of a disfigured woman, run over dogs for sport and played with an Iraqi child's skeletal remains. Foer said Beauchamp's wife, Elspeth Reeve, then a researcher at the magazine, was assigned "a large role" in checking the story. While Reeve acted in good faith, he said, "there was a clear conflict of interest." Foer said he recognizes that some of the corroboration was coming from "Beauchamp's buddies" and that the private "sounded defensive and evasive" in trying to explain why he initially placed the allegedly disfigured woman in Iraq rather than Kuwait." Wow - It just amazes me that some people lie in an arena of this magnatude and think they'll get away with it.

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