http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5894/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/new-republic-folds-baghdad-diarist-times-hypes-nro-errors <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Patricia Cohen lumps in an apparent fabulist at TNR with unconfirmed reporting at NRO: &quot;Tough days for The New Republic and a rival, National Review.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The infamous case of Army private Scott Thomas Beauchamp came to a disgraceful end this weekend: The New Republic said it could no longer stand behind the tale told by Beauchamp, its discredited "Baghdad Diarist," who in a July issue of the magazine told a wild tale of how the Iraq war had dehumanized him, of how he and his pals had made fun of a disfigured woman in a mess hall in Iraq, how a fellow soldier loved to run over dogs with his Bradley vehicle, and how another fashioned a helmet out of a child's skull evacuated from a mass grave. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/new-republic-folds-baghdad-diarist-times-hypes-nro-errors" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Apology DoubleStandards FranklinFoer IraqWar NationalReview NewYorkTimes NYTimes PatriciaCohen ScottBeauchamp TheNewRepublic TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:57:00 +0000 admin 5890 at http://archive2.mrc.org