Woman lies about service, reporter didn't fact check

WUSA news did an interview of an "Iraq veteran" with TBI and a Purple Heart, or so they thought.

Veteran caught lying about Purple Heart The Pentagon is disputing a Virginia woman's claims about being an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient. The Army says Chelle Anderson did serve, but nowhere near Iraq nor for nearly as long as the 10 years she claimed.

They found out from This Ain't Hell they were wrong.

The thing that should really get us angry is not just the fact this woman lied about her service and being wounded, but that the original reporter failed to discover if she was for real or not.

This was not about a huge story. Anderson wanted a flag replaced. How did they get this story? Did she just call a reporter about it and they thought it would be a marvelous story?

There are so many other stories that are much more important and about real veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan joining the wounded from past wars and they are committing suicide at alarming rates. How about reporting on their stories and actually going out there to get the stories? How about talking to the families left behind? How about reporting on how much money is being spent on "prevention" when the numbers went up. Hell it is an important story and reporters have been AWOL!