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Moved to Sunday for more discussion. AoS.
by Franklin Foer
Took him fourteen friggin pages to throw Beauchamp under the bus and try to cover his own ass...
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. And, in light of the evidence available to us, after months of intensive re-reporting, we cannot be confident that the events in his pieces occurred in exactly the manner that he described them. Without that essential confidence, we cannot stand by these stories.
Fourteen pages of self-righteous mush, hand-waving, hand-wringing, obfuscation, an admission that Beauchamp's wife was indeed his fact checker (because it was 'convenient'), and it all comes down to they 'cannot stand' by his stories.

No apology. No regret. And no high-level resignations.

For now.

Posted by: tu3031 2007-12-02
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=210761