Cortez Journal pulls Truitt story
The other day, we wrote about Jason Truitt, the beached, tattooed Manatee who claimed to be a Navy SEAL and got a Weatherby rifle and a free elk hunting trip for his trouble. On a day which will forever be known for TAH-inspired retractions, the Cortez Journal, which printed the original article, has retracted the story;
An article in Saturday’s Cortez Journal contained a number of what appear to be false assertions by a man who claims to be a military veteran.
The story about the annual Hunt for Heroes event featured a California man named Jason Truitt, who claimed to be a former U.S. Navy SEAL. Further, Truitt claimed that he served seven tours in Iraq and Afghanistan where he was wounded several times and also taken prisoner.
Readers from outside the area who are familiar with Truitt, contacted the Journal to report the assertions were complete fabrications.
But there’s a proviso;
If Truitt’s claims are proven to be true, the original story will be re-posted.
Yeah, fat chance. The NRA has sharpened their knives;
Marc Steinke, a representative for the National Rifle Association, said that there are a lot of people in shock, and there will be consequences.
“We’re getting it sorted out at NRA headquarters. It’s nobody’s fault but Truitt’s. There will be lawyers involved. Penalties will have to be paid,” he said.
Of course you can’t get blood from a stone, neither will they be able to get money out of that derelict. The Journal complains that military records are too hard to verify for them, but ya know, it took us all of about ten minutes. Maybe they should reach out to military bloggers instead of treating us like third-class journalists. I’m sure they don’t do their own electric repairs in their offices or their own plumbing. And most of us would advise them for free. Apparently we just did.
Category: Phony soldiers
“Of course you can’t get blood from a stone, neither will they be able to get money out that derelict.”
Especially since according to what POW Network dug up, the turd just had a $180,000 default judgment entered against him last month.
You sir have earned a bookmark in my browser.
Wonder how much money he got out of that weatherby when he sold it. I can’t see him doing much else with it, rifles are difficult to shoot holding sideways.
Welcome aboard, SSG T! Hooah
Not to mention the fact he even had the weapon at all as a convicted felon is another felony rap, isn’t it?
Yeah, tell me he didn’t just make the prosecutor’s case a slam-dunk.
What losers the Cortez Journal are!
They can’t even get their story title correct!
“Man’s story appears to full of fabrications”
http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20120131/NEWS01/701319989/-1/News01/Story-appears-to-be-full-of-fabrications
I worked at the NRA for 6 years, and I am absolutely STUNNED none of them knew. Seriously. Unless HQ never heard about this until it is over.
I know one dude that could kill this guy with a spoon that works at the NRA. (My real life hero)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_James_Land
That picture on the other thread of this turd holding a firearm is gold. If he’s a convicted felon, and it appears he is, even Eric Holder could get a conviction of this shitbird.
The feds love to prosecute felons being in possession of a firearm around here.
Also, exactly what crime did he commit? Fraudulently being a veteran? Not a crime, right?
TSO–he did a drug beef in Wasco in 2004. That what you were referring to?
Granted, having him posing for a picture with a rifle in front of him isn’t all the prosecution needs to nail him for being a felon in possession, but I’d be willing to bet that his felony conviction was never expunged.
Whoopsie.
Gotta love self incrimination. These assgoblins come out and then think they are going to get away with this type of bullshit. Gotta love the Veteran Community outting this turd.
Keep up the most awesome dedication to preserving what is proper, that being honourable service to one’s Country. Bravo Zulu TAH!!!!
Kudos. The guy chose a poor place to lie. The Four Corners area has plenty of vets, and isn’t that thickly populated. This was bound to come out. A shame the paper is being so blase about it to cover their butts.
As a foreign vet who fought for civil society, I thank you.
Not trying to be a smartass, but the guy got away just fine with his scam in the four corners……..it was group from the High Plains of New Mexico, the Tidewaters of Virginia, the Missouri Ozarks, the Coast Plains of North Carolina, and panhandle of West Virginia that exposed him. Okay, I’m being a smartass.
Point taken, NCO. My intention was that I don’t think he would have gotten away with it for long. I have friends up there who are vets (I’m further south a bit). I would think they would call him out in short time, once they got wind of it.
Of course, I could just be wrong. And not the first time, neither.