Let’s hear it for CBS. It is the first network to make a serious bid for the Pvt. Jessica Lynch story. They have officially offered her exclusive interview rights with somebody like Mike Wallace, a ...
The message of the week is that some televised fictions about real people are more acceptable than others. We can accept creatively enhanced portrayals of people who find themselves thrust into the ...
Testimony this week before Congress from the family of slain Cpl. Pat Tillman and from injured Pvt. Jessica Lynch about myth-making and the nature of heroism rang true and clear. The words deserve to ...
On March 23, 2003, U.S. Army Pvt. First Class Jessica Lynch’s 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed, and she was taken captive by Iraqi soldiers. The unit supply specialist from West Virginia was 19 ...
WASHINGTON -- Tonight, NBC will air its made-for-TV movie celebrating Pvt. Jessica Lynch, whose capture and dramatic rescue is the feel-good story of America's war with Iraq. But some ...
WASHINGTON -- Drive down Georgia Avenue, not far from the Maryland line, and you pass the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Named for the Army bacteriologist who discovered that mosquitoes transmit ...