We probably should have mentioned something about this earlier, but we plead subconsciously willful ignorance. Let’s make it quick, then: the recent Shattered Glass-lite semi-scandal over at The New Republic heavily involves one Cpl. Matt “Rod Majors” Sanchez, who was used as a source for accusations of fictionalization. Surprised? 

You probably know the story already, but here it is again: Allegations from The Weekly Standard came out that “Scott Thomas” (now outed as Scott Thomas Beauchamp), a soldier who was doing an Iraq diary for TNR, was fabricating unpleasant details and that he was hand-picked to write because he was married to a TNR reporter. Currently, TNR editors (and the military!) are still investigating, they say, and re-checking every piece of information. Sanchez, it turns out, was the guy telling TWS reporters that Thomas had cooked his facts.

Of course, not everyone is buying Sanchez’s story. A tipster passed along this Time Magazine blog entry today, which speaks for itself.

(Yeah, we know that’s Hayden Christensen. So?) 

– KER