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« Target: New York | Main | Update in Nordyke »

Update on Bellesiles' recent affair

Posted by David Hardy · 20 July 2010 10:53 AM

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. ...

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Harry Schell | July 20, 2010 2:00 PM | Reply

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.

Letalis Maximus, Esq. | July 20, 2010 2:43 PM | Reply

Easier to throw an uncooperative student under the bus than a professor, adjunct or otherwise.

Ken | July 20, 2010 5:35 PM | Reply

And the trained (and experienced) academic swallowed it unquestioningly, since it coincided with his existing prejudices. Here, let me show you my "shocked" face.

deadcenter | July 20, 2010 7:33 PM | Reply

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.

Bill T. | July 22, 2010 2:21 PM | Reply

Right. The kid was lying, not our perfesser.

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