06-18-2003, 07:27 PM
When a story with the media cash potential of the Jessica Lynch ordeal begins to fall apart, there is nothing that you, the media's client, can trust.
Apparently, most of her injuries were caused by the fact that her hmmvw hit the jacknifed truck, but there is this hazy "no comment" as to further injuries, or the possiblity that she was tourtured by the Iraqis. The 20 minute firefight turns into a futile attempt to clear a jam in her weapon, and the fierce resistance the rescue op faced turns out to be an exaggeration at worst, misinformation at best.
Does this make her less of a hero? No, she took the risks associated with military service, was injured in combat, and deserves the honor and respect of the nation she serves, along with her fellow soldiers.
The organization with which we should be angry is the media in general, who have a problem with fact checking or, even easier, waiting for the smoke to clear to get the real story rather than leading with speculation and fantasy in order to "scoop" the other 24 hour news networks.
Apparently, most of her injuries were caused by the fact that her hmmvw hit the jacknifed truck, but there is this hazy "no comment" as to further injuries, or the possiblity that she was tourtured by the Iraqis. The 20 minute firefight turns into a futile attempt to clear a jam in her weapon, and the fierce resistance the rescue op faced turns out to be an exaggeration at worst, misinformation at best.
Does this make her less of a hero? No, she took the risks associated with military service, was injured in combat, and deserves the honor and respect of the nation she serves, along with her fellow soldiers.
The organization with which we should be angry is the media in general, who have a problem with fact checking or, even easier, waiting for the smoke to clear to get the real story rather than leading with speculation and fantasy in order to "scoop" the other 24 hour news networks.
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