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The New Republic präsentierte, nachdem die Redaktion ihre Unterstützung des Kriegs aufgab, einen besonders begabten Geschichtenerzähler als Augenzeugen [..]
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Franklin Foer, Redakteur der
The New Republic, jetzt übrigens, wie sein Blatt herausfand, was der eine oder andere schon vor vier Monaten wußte:
Thomas Scott Beachamp war ein nicht besonders glaubwürdiger
"Augenzeuge".
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In retrospect, we never should have put Beauchamp in this situation. He was a young soldier in a war zone, an untried writer without journalistic training. We published his accounts of sensitive events while granting him the shield of anonymity - which, in the wrong hands, can become license to exaggerate, if not fabricate.
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.
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