Commenters at The New Republic are not happy with editor Franklin Foer:
Posted by Chris Christner7 of 118 warn tnr respond
You broke every rule of journalism and in the process slandered our military. At the very least you owe them an apology. If you had a shred of integrity and respect for the reputation of TNR, you'd also submit your resignation. It's obvious that you waited until the last possible moment to retract Beauchamp's stories, only doing so now because the new TNR book on Election 08's just come out. However, regardless of your blame-the-messenger retraction, the Beauchamp affair is still going to hammer your book's credibility along with that of TNR. As it should.
Posted by George Croft8 of 118 warn tnr respond
The real culprits are your editors and your management. The anti-soldier stories were "just too good to check" and you eagerly went to press with pure garbage from an anonymous, lying, neophyte writer. Don't dare blame it all on Beauchamp. He just created the garbage. YOU SERVED IT UP. George Croft Argyle, TX
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin
