Just playing devil’s advocate here.
You claim “no credible evidence that TNR made any attempt at fact checking prior to publishing the articles.”
In the relevant part of the interview, Maj. Cross says, “In the course of my investigation, I did not interview anyone who corroborated PVT Beauchamp’s claims …” about certain specific incidents. He didn’t say that TNR had never talked to anyone, only that no one had corroborated those specific claims.
Based on this interview alone, I can’t say whether TNR did or did not contact (or attempt to contact) other members of his unit, only that (if TNR did) they did not corroborate certain stories. Whether or not TNR attempted to do fact-checking at all cannot be determined from this interview.
Hey, I’m on your side, guys. But don’t overstate the case.
