Two Reporters and a Fabulist

• David Ettlin remembers his friend Joseph Challmes and makes one wish one had known him.
• Ta-Nehisi Coates pays tribute to David Carr, who gave him a leg up as an editor.
• And then there are reporters (TV anchor division) who lay claim to war experiences they didn't actually have.  And I'm utterly failing to remember earlier instances.  "Vultures, vultures everywhere!"