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Update on Bellesiles' recent affair
The Chronicle of Higher Ed has added an editor's note to the end of the article. Their investigation led to the conclusion that the student whose brother had supposedly been killed in Iraq made the story up, and fed it to Bellesiles.
Hat tip to reader Jim D. ...
Comments
And the student just happened to fake out a seasoned professor with a touching fabrication.
Could be.
This professor has been "faked out" by good stories before.
Posted by: Harry Schell at July 20, 2010 02:00 PM
Easier to throw an uncooperative student under the bus than a professor, adjunct or otherwise.
Posted by: Letalis Maximus, Esq. at July 20, 2010 02:43 PM
And the trained (and experienced) academic swallowed it unquestioningly, since it coincided with his existing prejudices. Here, let me show you my "shocked" face.
Posted by: Ken at July 20, 2010 05:35 PM
that disclamer should appear at the top of the article, not the bottom. no different than a newspaper that leads on Page 1 and retracts on Page 9.
Posted by: deadcenter at July 20, 2010 07:33 PM
Right. The kid was lying, not our perfesser.
Posted by: Bill T. at July 22, 2010 02:21 PM