By Kevin McCauley
Rolling Stone has chided a report from the Pentagon inspector general, charging its "Runaway General" article that triggered last year's ouster of General Stanley McChrystal contained inaccuracies.
The report concluded that "not all of the events at issue occurred as reported in the article."
The magazine, in a statement on its website, notes that the IG "offers no credible source — or indeed, any named source — contradicting the facts as reported in our story."
RS believes the Pentagon study confirmed its reporting since DOD "was unable to find witnesses who acknowledged making or hearing the comments as reported."
The magazine said it is not surprised that no one stepped forward "given that the civilian and military advisors questioned by the Pentagon knew that their careers were on the line if they admitted to making such comments."
To RS, “asking unnamed sources to reveal their identities strikes us as an exercise in futility.”
McChrystal issued an apology after the Runaway General piece was published because the content of the article fells “far short” of this personal standards.
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