MSNBC fact checkers declared dead
TSO sends an article in keeping with our media fact-checking theme today. It’s about a veteran who depends on his disability check being declared dead by a dead government agency;
The U.S. Veterans Administration has declared him dead four times, but Miller, a Brevard County resident, has refuted the claims.
“To me, it’s stupid. I can’t die but one time. They have killed me four times,” he said.
Miller, a former drill sergeant, served 10 years in the Army. He said he lives on a government pension and Social Security.
Yeah, there hasn’t been a Veterans Administration since March 15, 1989. You know what else I discovered? If you do a fricken Google search for Veterans Administration, the search takes you the the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. In fact, it’s impossible to filter out DVA links if you’re looking for some information about the VA.
Of course, the terrible part of the story is the bureaucratic terror that Jerry Miller is experiencing. Maybe he should make stories up about his career like Matthis or Joe Cryer and the DVA will leave him alone. We certainly can’t get the DVA’s OIG to look into their pasts when we supply them with documentation.
Category: Media, Veterans' Affairs Department
What government pension? He only served 10 years.
Probably disability.
Probably, this whole article is just FUBAR, and it was the lead story on MSN.com.
And they bitch about bloggers and our fact checking. Holy shi’ite….
But, but, but, if they remove all the phony vets from their rolls, it would threaten their job security. Too bad if it also means that those who actually need the services are denied same.
Still laughing over their claim that I was only on active duty for 4 months – in 1973! Well, they were correct about those 4 months, but they missed a few over the next 30-some years.
[…] Miller said he has no idea why he was declared dead. [MSNBC via This Ain't Hell] […]
My uncle got into an accident on leave from the Corps and the doctor filed the wrong paperwork. The drunk driver of the other car was killed when he jumped the center divider and smashed into my uncle’s car head-on. After he got back to his base (he was in the hospital for three weeks), his commander was pissed the fuck off. Apparently, the unit held the funeral and did the thing they do with fallen brothers.
In this guys case, I think it is some prick that is fat-fingering keys as she horks down another chicken wing and texting her girlfriend while some veteran is on hold. Ever notice how they sound annoyed whenever you try calling them in the afternoon?