FRANKLIN FOER

'Franklin Foer' is an American political journalist and the editor of ''The New Republic''. Foer graduated from Columbia in 1996. Before joining ''The New Republic'', Foer was a frequent contributor to the online magazine ''Slate''. His writing has also appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Spin'', ''U.S. News & World Report'', ''Lingua Franca'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''New York'' and ''Foreign Policy''. In 2004 he published his first book, ''How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization''.
Foer is older brother to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer and freelance science journalist Joshua Foer. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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'Shock Troops' controversy

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'Shock Troops' controversy

In July 2007, after ''The New Republic'' published an article by an American soldier in Iraq titled "Shock Troops," allegations of inadequate fact-checking were leveled against Foer. Critics alleged that the piece contained inconsistent details indicative of fabrication. The identity of the anonymous soldier, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, was revealed. As a result of the controversy, the ''New Republic'' and the United States Army launched investigations.Army Private Discloses He Is New Republic's Baghdad DiaristDoubts Raised by 'Baghdad Diarist'Michael Goldfarb, Weekly Standard, Fact or Fiction? As of August 2007, both sides are standing behind their stories.
See Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy

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★ Short biography and recent articles from ''The New Republic''