Is The Alleged Fabrication In Three Cups Of Tea Beside The Point?

Laura Miller: “The evidence of Mortenson’s financial improprieties [with respect to his non-profit] is solid; just how much he may have lied about the recuperation and kidnapping stories in [his book] is both murkier and a bit irrelevant. It’s worth asking: Would it matter much whether either anecdote were true if Mortenson’s charitable work were above reproach and impeccably conducted?”