(Quote): He appeared on CNN and Fox News to retell the (made-up) story. World Net Daily, a website devoted to conservative conspiracy theories, Obama-bashing, and at least one article suggesting soy beans make people gay, scored an exclusive interview with him, undermined only slightly by the fact that he had already conducted exclusive interviews at several other news outlets. The white power website Stormfront tracked his recovery with tenacious concern and frequently cited his story as an example of a “war on whites” being committed by angry, violent black men. Following the familiar pattern, almost Pavlovian at this point, white power groups complained that Heben’s story was being suppressed by the mainstream media because of “political correctness” and a fear of being accused of racism, despite his appearances on mainstream media outlets. In his WND interview, Heben stirred the pot further by suggesting that this was perhaps not only racially-motivated, but also because of Islam. Heben said the concern of al-Qaida targeting former SEALs in the U.S. is so real that another former SEAL friend, Marcus Luttrell, has former SEALs providing him security as he goes around the country talking about his Lone Survivor Foundation. These gangbanging, black men were racists, Islamic extremists upset that Heben’s squadmates had killed their leader, Osama Bin Laden. Heben may have been retired, but his story made the soldier the central character in the battle on two fronts: reverse-racism and Islamic terrorism. If you are thinking “This story sounds too good to be true,” then you and the police are on the same page. While Fox News was praising Heben’s courage, police were quickly unraveling his story.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:21:05 +0000
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