I subscribe to the Slimes (enemy intelligence). I followed the Swiftees efforts closely and read their book, well footnoted. I didn't see a single MSM report that refuted anything in the book, but some that supported the book's accounts, such as an excellent piece about the firefight when Kerry took a powder while other boats slugged it out with the bad guys.
Then one day I picked up the Slimes, amazed to see they simply proclaimed the Swiftees story "discredited." I searched the article in vain for any specific assertion to back the Slimes' claim, but there weren't any. They simply announced it. And from that time on the MSM followed in lockstep. I've never seen any specific fact reported by the Swiftees refuted in the MSM. Pickens' money is safe.
Please see the link at post #16.