In the case of the original "Lynch Story", I think you'll find that it was a case of the "embed reporters" getting a whiff of "the Rambo story" -- which served their 'women in combat' agenda -- and pressing the Pentagon briefers & theater PA officers for details that just weren't forthcoming in the jumble of the offensive into Iraq. The Press had egg on their faces when the story eventually blew up.
I think this is major case of blame-shifting on the part of the Media. The story was already unraveling when Lynch was recovered, so the criticism extended to the negative characterization of the rescue operation. (I wonder what they would have written had we taken casualties getting her back? Probably would have called that a screw-up, too.)
Yep. The poster has produced no statements by the Pentagon triggering the Jessica as hero story.
I'm very disappointed in her allowing herself to be used over a stale story for political gain by the Dims. The spec-ops guys who rescued her had no idea they wouldn't encounter resistance but they went behind enemy lines anyway. She's received top notch, unlimited care for her very serious injuries. You'd think she wouldn't then turn around and attack the Army and her former fellow soldiers.
The Army gave her no medal for heroism but issued medals to the real heroes of that firefight - and the press has ignored them. That's the real story.