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In the wake of the Bush Administration's stringing-up of Newsweek over their one-liner on flushing a Koran, here's a great piece which goes to the heart of the matter.

Pat Tillman's family is pissed, and rightfully so. Their son was killed in combat by friendly fire, yet the Army lied to the family in order to ratchet up the patriotism of football fans with a story of how Tillman supposedly led a charge up an enemy-held hill and was shot by Islamic militants in doing so. In fact, Tillman was shot and killed by his own comrades who mistook him for an enemy.

Does anyone remember how Jessica Lynch's story was fudged in order to spark nationalist fervor? I do. And Tillman's story is just another episode.

So to those who like to point at the Mainstream Media and yell, "Army-haters!", I'd say this: Without a critical media, we'd still believe that PFC Lynch's injuries were due to Iraqi thugs beating on the defenseless young woman, and that Taliban fighters shot Pat Tillman. Apparently, so might their families.

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