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“Jon Krakauer’s Credibility Problem”
Guy Montag, feralfirefighter.blogspot.comApril 24, 2011
[Ver. 2.4.1, last revised February 23, 2011]
“The most powerful form of lie is the omission, and it is the duty of the historian to make sure those lies do notcreep into the history books.”
-- George Orwell"It's [
Into Thin Air
] there in print forever. It's part of history. People should be above taking someone else down.And for what? For money and egos people are willing to destroy other people to further their careers."-- David Breashears, (
Improper Bostonian
, Sept 24, 1997)
“…
some may wonder why his dishonesty about [Pat] Tillman should matter. It matters because
deceit
by a militaryofficer of [Gen. Stanley]
McChrystal’s rank is a poisonous betrayal of trust that shouldn’t be countenanced.”
--
Jon Krakauer, “Gen. McChrystal’s Credibility Problem” (Oct. 14, 2009)
“Asked about Jon Krakauer's book about
[Pat] Tillman, the soldier's youngest brother [Richard] told the screeningaudience [at the 2010 Sundance premiere of
The Tillman Story
] of the author that "that guy's a piece of
…”
-- Steven Zeitchik, (
LA Times
, January 24, 2010)
“Krakauer’s presentation of the matter seems stubbornly defiant at best. If his reasoning is not obstinately perverse,
h
is arguments are disingenuous. …
grasping desperately for tenuous explanations to defend his fundamental belief in the Po
ison Plant Fable [to explain Christopher McCandless’s death in
Into the Wild
].
”
-- Samuel Thayer, (
Nature’s Garden
, 2010)
”
“As a journalist, I understand
you were faced with a problem
: …
your opi
nion vs. my statement of fact.”
-- Anatoli Boukreev, (personal letter to Jon Krakauer about
Into Thin Air
, August 6, 1996)
1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page #:
Foreword 4Description of Updates 5EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6. . .
“With Three Cups of Luck
?
”
--
How Jon
Krakauer’s Take
-Down of Greg
12
Mortenson Launched Byliner.com
“The Emperor’s General”
--
The Bi-Partisan Whitewash of Gen.
22
McChrystal’s Role in the
Pat Tillman Affair
“Jon Krakauer’s Credibility Problem”
--
Deceit in
Jon Krakauer’s
26
“Where Men Win Glory”
Book about Pat Tillman
“That
Guy’s a Piece of …”
–
Jon Krakauer & the Pat Tillman Family
32
“The Poison Plant Fable”
–
Jon Krakauer’s “Into the Wild”
34
“Erasing Heroism from the Himalaya”
–
Jon Krakauer’s
Trashing
35
of Anatoli Boukreev in his
“
Into
Thin Air”
. . .Annotated Bibliography
of Everest ‘96
38
“A Day to Die For”
–
An Untold True Story of Everest ‘96
43
“
Remember the Iconoclast, Not the Icon
”
45
“
Do Not Forget the Mountaineers
”
48
. . .
Analysis of the Preface to Jon Krakauer’s Revised Paperback
50
Edition of
“Where Men Win Glory –
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Jon Krakauer’s Credibility Problem
2
APPENDICES
Page #
A: Krakauer Interview Excerpts BEFORE September 17, 2009: 1
Summary: Krakauer Interviews BEFORE Sept. 17, 2009 2
The Truth Behind the Death of Pat Tillman?
(Sept. 11, 2009) 7
J
on Krakauer’s Inside Story of Pat Tillman
(Sept. 11, 2009) 7
Krakauer's New Book Examines Pat Tillman's Death
(Sept. 17, 2009) 9
Pat Tillman, Anti-War Hero
(Sept. 13, 2009) 9
Krakauer Explores Pat Tillman's Death And Cover-Up
(Sept. 14, 2009) 10
Talk of Deceit Where Honor Is Taught
(Sept. 17, 2009) 11
Afterwords With Jon Krakauer
(Sept. 28, 2009) 12
B: Krakauer Handed
“Untold Story”
at Sept. 17, 2009 Book Signing: 12
“
Did They Teach You How to Lie Yet
”
Binder
(May 27, 2009) 14
“Lies … Borne Out by Facts, If Not the Truth”
Binder
(Sept. 11, 2009) 16
September 12, 2009 Cover Letter to Jon Krakauer (Sept. 12, 2009) 18
September 17, 2009 “Postscript”
Letter to Jon Krakauer
(Sept. 17, 2009) 19
“Postscript”: Possible Cor
rections to
Where Men Win Glory
(Sept. 17, 2009) 23
“Postscript”: Comments on
Where Men Win Glory
(Sept. 17, 2009) 25
C: Krakauer Interview Excerpts AFTER September 17, 2009: 28
Summary: Krakauer Interviews AFTER Sept. 17, 2009 29
The Fans Come Out for Jon Krakauer's Glory
(Sept. 25, 2009) 33
Jon Stewart Show Interview
(Sept. 30, 2009) 33
Tillman's Journals Revealed in Book
[Sept. 15, 2009] (Oct. 3, 2009) 33
Daily Beast: “
Gen. McChrystal's Credibility Problem
”
(Oct. 14, 2009) 34
Is Gen. McChrystal The Best Man For Afghanistan?
(Oct. 17, 2009) 39
Stanley McChrystal’s Long War
(Oct. 18, 2009) 40
Jon Krakauer Interviewed on
“
Meet the Press
”
(Nov. 1, 2009) 42
Sound Off: Sunday Talking Heads
(Nov. 1, 2009) 42
Krakauer: McChrystal shouldn't be in charge in Afghan.
(Nov. 6, 2009) 43
“
The Situation Room
”
Krakauer Interview
(Nov. 7, 2009) 44
Sundance 2010: Michael Moore Loves the Pat
Tillman …
(Jan. 24, 2010) 47
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