{"id":28561,"date":"2012-01-31T19:29:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T23:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28561"},"modified":"2012-01-31T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T23:31:29","slug":"cortez-journal-pulls-truit-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28561","title":{"rendered":"Cortez Journal pulls Truitt story"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, we wrote about Jason Truitt<\/a>, the beached, tattooed Manatee who claimed to be a Navy SEAL and got a Weatherby rifle and a free elk hunting trip for his trouble. On a day which will forever be known for TAH-inspired retractions, the Cortez Journal<\/a>, which printed the original article, has retracted the story;<\/p>\n

An article in Saturday\u2019s Cortez Journal contained a number of what appear to be false assertions by a man who claims to be a military veteran.<\/p>\n

The story about the annual Hunt for Heroes event featured a California man named Jason Truitt, who claimed to be a former U.S. Navy SEAL. Further, Truitt claimed that he served seven tours in Iraq and Afghanistan where he was wounded several times and also taken prisoner.<\/p>\n

Readers from outside the area who are familiar with Truitt, contacted the Journal to report the assertions were complete fabrications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But there’s a proviso;<\/p>\n

If Truitt\u2019s claims are proven to be true, the original story will be re-posted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, fat chance. The NRA has sharpened their knives;<\/p>\n

Marc Steinke, a representative for the National Rifle Association, said that there are a lot of people in shock, and there will be consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting it sorted out at NRA headquarters. It\u2019s nobody\u2019s fault but Truitt\u2019s. There will be lawyers involved. Penalties will have to be paid,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course you can’t get blood from a stone, neither will they be able to get money out of that derelict. The Journal complains that military records are too hard to verify for them, but ya know, it took us all of about ten minutes. Maybe they should reach out to military bloggers instead of treating us like third-class journalists. I’m sure they don’t do their own electric repairs in their offices or their own plumbing. And most of us would advise them for free. Apparently we just did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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