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Oh dear. Three Cups of Tea may be partially fraudulent

(bareboards2)
1 decade 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago

from Paul Constant's blog: Greg Mortenson's spiritual/current events memoir Three Cups of Tea has been a wildly popular book club book for years now. Last night on 60 Minutes, Jon Krakauer alleged that the book squarely belongs in James Frey territory. 60 Minutes says that Mortenson's claims that he was kidnapped by the Taliban are false. Worse, Krakauer says that Mortenson's nonprofit, which allegedly builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, might be used primarily as Mortenson's "private ATM."

Krakauer does say that it's clear we're not talking about "Bernie Madoff," and that Mortenson has helped "thousands" of children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but he suggests that Mortenson's "fraud" could "bring it all down."

10 Comments

jatoha says...

I am not the slightest bit surprised. I couldn't finish that piece of crap book.

HaricotVert

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"To sell his book."

Bingo.

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deathcow

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*promote

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NetRunner

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*news
*money

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Ryjkyj

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John Krakauer, what an awesome dude.

chilaxe

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As nice a story as it was, wouldn't it be more effective anyway to provide people with economic infrastructure like jobs and modern farming equipment?