{"id":25734,"date":"2011-07-06T09:07:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25734"},"modified":"2011-07-06T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:15:23","slug":"jeff-rock-harris-in-his-hidey-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25734","title":{"rendered":"Jeff “Rock” Harris in his hidey hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

William sends us a link to the Greensboro News-Record<\/a> (a reprint of the Fayetteville Observer<\/a> article) which reports today what we all knew yesterday in the first two minutes of reading Jeffrey “Rock” Harris’ fantasy about his exploits as a phony Ranger;<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Free Press removed the story from its website.<\/p>\n

“It’s bogus,” Managing Editor Bryan Hanks said. “The guy is a fake. We’re certain.”<\/p>\n

Attempts by the Observer to reach Harris for this story were unsuccessful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, the Observer really should leave the abortion of a story up along with the pictures of Harris. Are they going door-to-door clipping the article out of the print editions? They need to leave the article on the internet so Harris’ future prospective employers can read it.<\/p>\n

Hanks, the Free Press managing editor, said the article was removed from the newspaper’s website after its accuracy began to be questioned Tuesday morning. Hanks said the newspaper intends to publish a follow-up article on Harris but had spoken to “three solid sources,” including [Mark Bowden, author of “Black Hawk Down”], who refute Harris’ account of his military career.<\/p>\n

The Free Press replaced the Harris article with a statement on its website that said “questions have arisen about the accuracy of information provided by the primary source” in the article.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure the police would give a bank robber a pass after interviewing his accomplices. So much for journalistic skepticism. But Harris played the role that journalists come to expect – the damaged goods guy who was influenced by his horrible experiences forced on him by the generals and politicians. <\/p>\n

I hope someone finds him and stomps a mudhole in his ass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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