To: Talking_Mouse
He was a young soldier in a war zone, an untried writer without journalistic training.
Being a "young soldier" and lacking "journalistic training" has NOTHING to do with it.
The guy lied, made up tons of shit and TNR printed it. The people who need "journalistic training" are the editors who didn't attempt to verify or corroborate any of what Beauchamp wrote.
12 posted on
12/01/2007 2:00:50 PM PST by
SJSAMPLE
To: SJSAMPLE
Jayson Blair..Beauchamp.. Foer..dead..
Leftist print what they hope is true, not what is true.
New Republic is dead if Foer is still there on Monday.
13 posted on
12/01/2007 2:15:22 PM PST by
y6162
To: SJSAMPLE
Being a "young soldier" and lacking "journalistic training" has NOTHING to do with it. The guy lied, made up tons of shit and TNR printed it. The people who need "journalistic training" are the editors who didn't attempt to verify or corroborate any of what Beauchamp wrote.
Not to mention that his WIFE was the supposed after-the-fact factchecker. What a joke!
51 posted on
12/01/2007 8:47:20 PM PST by
torchthemummy
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