Philly mag. retraction, apology following bogus sniper story

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Apr 8, 2013

Always fact check.
Start with the basics (Was the guy in the Marines?) and go from there.

Earlier this week, two different readers contacted the magazine, each raising questions about the facts in a story that appears in Philadelphia magazine’s April issue, “The War Within.” The article—written by Anthony Gargano, the popular WIP radio host—tells the story of a former Marine sniper who claims to have killed scores of people during his tours of the Middle East and who now says he is haunted by what he did.
The allegations from readers were serious enough that we immediately removed the story from our website. Then, in a series of phone calls, email exchanges, and text messages, Gargano and I confronted the subject of the article, John P. Boudreau, who was also its main source. (He was identified in the story as “the Tree Pruner.”) In a series of conversations on Wednesday and Thursday, Boudreau, who claims a residence in Chester County, acknowledged that much of what he had told Gargano over the preceding several months—information he had also confirmed to Philadelphia magazine’s fact-checker—was either embellished or flat-out fabricated. While he continues to say he served in the Marines—a fact we are attempting to officially confirm with the Marine Corps—he acknowledged that he was never a sniper and that many of the incidents he described to Gargano never happened.
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Ace · Apr 8, 2013

Re: Philly mag. retraction, aplology following bogus sniper story

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

Always fact check.
Start with the basics (Was the guy in the Marines?) and go from there.

Earlier this week, two different readers contacted the magazine, each raising questions about the facts in a story that appears in Philadelphia magazine’s April issue, “The War Within.” The article—written by Anthony Gargano, the popular WIP radio host—tells the story of a former Marine sniper who claims to have killed scores of people during his tours of the Middle East and who now says he is haunted by what he did.
The allegations from readers were serious enough that we immediately removed the story from our website. Then, in a series of phone calls, email exchanges, and text messages, Gargano and I confronted the subject of the article, John P. Boudreau, who was also its main source. (He was identified in the story as “the Tree Pruner.”) In a series of conversations on Wednesday and Thursday, Boudreau, who claims a residence in Chester County, acknowledged that much of what he had told Gargano over the preceding several months—information he had also confirmed to Philadelphia magazine’s fact-checker—was either embellished or flat-out fabricated. While he continues to say he served in the Marines—a fact we are attempting to officially confirm with the Marine Corps—he acknowledged that he was never a sniper and that many of the incidents he described to Gargano never happened.
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http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2013/04/05/retraction-apology/
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People flat-out lie about military and sports accomplishments more than anything else. Often for no explicable reason.

Be careful out there!

Drip · Apr 8, 2013

Ace said:

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

Always fact check.
Start with the basics (Was the guy in the Marines?) and go from there.

Earlier this week, two different readers contacted the magazine, each raising questions about the facts in a story that appears in Philadelphia magazine’s April issue, “The War Within.” The article—written by Anthony Gargano, the popular WIP radio host—tells the story of a former Marine sniper who claims to have killed scores of people during his tours of the Middle East and who now says he is haunted by what he did.
The allegations from readers were serious enough that we immediately removed the story from our website. Then, in a series of phone calls, email exchanges, and text messages, Gargano and I confronted the subject of the article, John P. Boudreau, who was also its main source. (He was identified in the story as “the Tree Pruner.”) In a series of conversations on Wednesday and Thursday, Boudreau, who claims a residence in Chester County, acknowledged that much of what he had told Gargano over the preceding several months—information he had also confirmed to Philadelphia magazine’s fact-checker—was either embellished or flat-out fabricated. While he continues to say he served in the Marines—a fact we are attempting to officially confirm with the Marine Corps—he acknowledged that he was never a sniper and that many of the incidents he described to Gargano never happened.
Click to expand...

http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2013/04/05/retraction-apology/
Click to expand...

People flat-out lie about military and sports accomplishments more than anything else. Often for no explicable reason.

Be careful out there!
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This rag has no credibility. Their last edition was called "Being White in Philly." The story was filled in anonymous sources and did not encompass the entire city. As for the latest debacle, Anthony Gargano, a talking head who formerly worked at the New York Post, should know better than to pawn off crap like this.

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