A Failure of Skepticism.

The article discusses falsities that occur in journalism on wartime heroics. It gives examples of heroic stories that have been debunked, noting the seemingly baseless heroics attributed to one John Dietz. It notes the book "Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History," by B.G. "Jug" Burkett. The author mentions it because it exposes poor journalistic practices in vetting stories of combat experience. One such story the article recounts is that of Joe Yandle whose self-claimed participation in the battle of Khe Sanh in Vietnam was shown to be false through a U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.