TNR Makes Another Beauchamp Statement
Charles Johnson
Sun Oct 7, 2007 at 1:10 pm PDT • Views: 228
The New Republic has yet another empty statement on the Scott Beauchamp fraud scandal. There’s nothing new here; they still refuse to address any of the real issues with Beauchamp’s ridiculous fantasies, and they’re blaming the Army for not cooperating with their “investigation.” The article is for subscribers only, but you can bypass the subscription wall by following the link from this Google search: ’A Scott Beauchamp Update’ - Google Search.
Part of our integrity as journalists includes standing by a writer who has been accused of wrongdoing and who is not able to defend himself. But we also want to reassure our readers that our obligations to our writer would never trump our commitment to the truth. We once again invite the Army to make public Beauchamp’s statements and the details of its investigation—and we ask the Army to let us (or any other media outlet, for that matter) speak to Beauchamp. Unless and until these things happen, we cannot fairly assess any of these reports about Beauchamp—and therefore have no reason to change our own assessment of Beauchamp’s work. If the truth ends up reflecting poorly on our judgment, we will accept responsibility for that. But we also refuse to rush to judgment on our writer or ourselves.
But as Bob Owens has shown, The New Republic’s so-called investigation into the Beauchamp fraud has been another fraud itself.
UPDATE at 10/7/07 1:27:33 pm:
This statement has been linked several places today as a new article (including Memeorandum), but it appears to have been published in August.
Frank says: