America’s Manufactured Heroism: The 60 Minutes Story That Pretends War Isn’t Built on Dead Children
CBS's new 60 Minutes programme attempts to present an Air Force officer's escape from Iran as if it were some sort of proud American epic — the type of story intended to provoke flag-waving and the "look how brave we are" sort of reaction. However, the entire account is full of selective storytelling, in the manner of pretending that U.S. wars are clean, noble, and heroic. While it focuses on one wounded officer who managed to evade capture, it omits the fact that American bombs killed 168 children on the very first day of the campaign; that is the part which CBS never brings to the forefront…
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