SkyPiggie 0 #1 August 9, 2007 News: Quote In their latest demonstration of how much they love the troops, liberals have produced yet another anti-war hoax. The New Republic has been running "true war" stories from a brave, anonymous liberal penning dispatches from Iraq. The famed "Baghdad Diarist" described his comrades joyfully using Bradley fighting vehicles to crush stray dogs, mocking a female whose face had been blown off by an IED, and defacing Iraqi corpses by wearing skull parts on their own heads. Various conservatives began questioning the plausibility of the anonymous diarist's account... The New Republic finally revealed the Baghdad Diarist to be... Actually it was Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp... In revealing himself two weeks ago, Beauchamp lashed out at "people who have never served in Iraq." He said he was too busy fighting "an actual war" to participate in "an ideological battle that I never wanted to join." He had tried to stay out of ideological battles by writing made-up articles in a national magazine claiming soldiers in Iraq had become callous beasts because of George Bush's war, killing to secure the riches of the empire. In response to Beauchamp's revelation that he was the Baghdad Diarist, the military opened an investigation into his allegations. There was no corroboration for his stories, and Beauchamp promptly signed an affidavit admitting that every single thing he wrote in The New Republic was a lie. Source: Yahoo News More stories: Google News Althought the mainstream media was quick to report the atrocities that were made-up by the Baghdad Diarist, I have yet to see them now report that those stories were all fake... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #2 August 9, 2007 ABC News reported it a couple of days ago. CBS, AP, etc., are all reporting it now. Last week, the New Republic was standing by the veracity of the statements in the blog. I would think that sound practice would dictate that a publication not rely upon anonymous sources - especially those souces half a world away. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 August 9, 2007 Happens in both camps... <> (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
