The Greg Mortenson Fact vs. Fiction Fiasco: Investigation or Sensationalism?

Have you heard all of the hullabaloo over the Greg Mortenson fact vs. fiction fiasco about his memoir Three Cups of Tea? If you haven't, check out last Sunday's "60 Minutes" expose and weigh in on the debate.

"Some of the most touching and harrowing tales [such as being kidnapped by the Taliban for 8 days] in Mortenson's books appear to have been greatly exaggerated or made up out of whole cloth," the show accused.

Greg Mortenson with Sitara “Star” schoolchildren. Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

"It's a beautiful story, and it's a lie," said Jon Krakauer, journalist and author of the books Into The Wild and Into Thin Air.

Krakauer followed up a day later with his 75-page "Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way" (with proceeds benefiting America Himalaya Foundation's Stop Girl Trafficking Project).