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Tyrone Slothrop
"criticized as appropriate" >< "exercised"
But thanks for playing.
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This is so ludicrous it barely deserves a response. You really are out of your mind.
NRO immediately apologized, said they would look into it.
Malkin, LGF, CQ et. al then immediately and openly criticized NRO for doing enough.
This all within about 3 seconds of the story coming out.
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How does this remotely compare to the New Republic - which stood by and defended the indefensible Beauchamp crap for nearly 5 months? Again, this several months after Beaucamp retracted. Franklin Foer lied to his readers and the rest of the world over and over again (and will probably be fired before long).
PS - see also the rest of the America-loathing lefty blogosphere, that took up the Rather-like "Fake but Accurate" mantra once the truth (or lack thereof) of those stories was revealed.
PPS - Wow. Lookee here. Currently the lead item on instapundit:
- ED MORRISSEY interviews Kathryn Jean Lopez (
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com...ives/016194.php)about the Thomas Smith retraction. Since some lefty bloggers (Hi Ty!) and New Republic apologists (Hi GGG!) are trying to draw equivalence between this story and the Beauchamp affair, let's note two key differences: NRO quickly responded and retracted, instead of circling the wagons and attacking its critics, and the story in question -- though wrong -- didn't constitute a libel of American troops in the field. To some people, at least, that's a significant matter
