Thursday, June 22, 2006
Media - "Another Fake Soldier Tale Debunked"
What is it with these people?...
Michelle Malkin is a sydicated columnist and often appears on your favorite talk shows. She a severe critic of false or misleading reporting:
"There's just one problem: According to Department of the Army spokesman Paul Boyce, there is no record of 'Jessie MacBeth,' a.k.a. Jesse Adam MacBeth, having served in either the Rangers or the Special Forces -- or in any part of the Army at all. Boyce told me Tuesday that a check on MacBeth's credentials came up empty. 'At a minimum, this appears to have been concocted' and 'some sort of hoax,' Boyce said. Special Operations Command and the State Department have been alerted.
MacBeth's story started to crumble after my colleagues at the Hot Air blog (www.hotair.com) called attention to the Peace Films video interview and asked military bloggers about MacBeth's appearance and claims. Harnessing the specialized knowledge of the blogosphere, military bloggers debunked a photo purportedly showing MacBeth in his official uniform (with his beret backward, incorrect flashes and tabs, and missing wings)."
