Owen Glendower
2007-08-20 08:46:25
TNR itself has acknowledged that they published Beauchamp’s essays with only ONE corroborating witness:
All of Beauchamp’s essays were fact-checked before publication. We checked the plausibility of details with experts, contacted a corroborating witness, and pressed the author for further details.
Also by TNR’s own statement, they regarded Beauchamp as an insider:
But publishing a first-person essay from a war zone requires a measure of faith in the writer. Given what we knew of Beauchamp, personally and professionally, we credited his report.
“Personally and professionally? Just what part of Beauchamp’s professional reputation impressed TNR’s editors?
