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Pvt. Beauchamp makes the Washington Post
Edited for information new to Rantburgers. I don't think poor Pvt. Beauchamp is going to have the writing career he joined the Army to get. Mr. Foer may want to rethink his career aspirations as well -- this is the third time the magazine has fallen hard for a liar (Shalitt, Philip Glass, and now the intrepid private). Oh, and I found the comment thread interesting -- Confederate Yankee shared with the punters.The magazine's editor, Franklin Foer, disclosed in an interview that Beauchamp is married to a New Republic staffer, and that is "part of the reason why we found him to be a credible writer." Foer also said Beauchamp "has put himself in significant jeopardy" and "lost his lifeline to the rest of the world" because military officials have taken away his laptop, cellphone and e-mail privileges. Beauchamp did not provide any documentation for his three published columns. He is married to a reporter-researcher at the New Republic, Elspeth Reeve. As conservative bloggers yesterday continued to challenge the veracity of Beauchamp's accounts, Foer said: "It is really unfortunate that someone like Scott, who was really only trying to tell his particular story, has become a pawn in the debate over the war and the Weekly Standard's efforts to press an ideological agenda." Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-27 |
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