Vets maligned by lazy media on shooter story

Last night I channeled surfed to catch up on what happened at Fort Hood. I came across the Rachel Maddow Show just as she was talking about how the lazy media jumps on the PTSD story as if that was the whole story behind the latest shooting.

Lazy is right! Too many times reporters just jump on what they hear with no understanding of what the truth is. The public is deluded into thinking something is true when it turns out the reporter made the wrong assumption. By the time the truth comes out, it is too late to change minds.

Vets maligned by lazy media on shooter story
MSNBC News
Rachel Maddow Show
April 3, 2014

Rachel Maddow points out the shocking number of mass gun killings in the U.S., and criticizes lazy civilian media for using military service as shorthand for a false stereotype when the shooter happens to be a veteran.

That report was followed up by talking about how the civilian world is totally disconnected from our veterans. No big secret there among veterans and families. Who has time for veterans when there is reality TV shows to watch?

The reality for families like mine is, we just never did matter enough to reporters. As bad as it has been for OEF and OIF veterans, senior veterans/families have gone through all of it longer but ended up getting forgotten about. The press has yet to acknowledge any of this.