Monday, August 20, 2007
The suckering of The New Republic
Richard Miniter deconstructs the suckering of The New Republic by Scott Thomas Beauchamp (the soldier who wrote fraudulent stories that reflected poorly on his fellows). This bit (quoted from the editor's introduction), if true, is particularly pathetic:
Miniter spoke with several people involved in the extraordinary story, including the whistle-blower and a German woman who was Beauchamp’s fiancée until just before he married, of all people, Miniter discovered, a fact-checker at The New Republic. That fiancée said of her former boyfriend, the soldier/reporter: “He hates the army. The only reason he joined was because he wanted to have more experience to write about.” (bold emphasis in the original)
What motivates an American to join his own country's army for the purpose of defaming it? Why did a once great magazine eagerly chase stories that represent our soldiers as debased?
The sad answer to both questions is that there is a large audience eager for this version of "the truth."
Self-loathing Americans disgust me.
CWCID: Power Line and Glenn Reynolds.
2 Comments:
By 
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Mon Aug 20, 08:01:00 PM:
Let me guess
Harry Reid ain't on your Christmas Card list.
Mine either and Nancy P. is on my donor list for suspenders as I watch her bracket creep as gravity does it's work.
By , at
Tue Aug 21, 01:10:00 AM:
THE NEW REPUGNANT,SLIME,NEWSREEK theres no difference between these liberal news rags
