“I remember seeing Dan Abrams on MSNBC admit that they had no evidence that the military had said any of the things the media was reporting. He called them “media rumors”.”
It looks like the Pentagon never attributed heroic actions to Private Lynch, the media did. Doesn't stop folks from blaming them though.
You said — “Doesn’t stop folks from blaming them though.”
Yeah, and apparently doesn’t stop Jessican Lynch from saying so, or the parents of Pat Tillman either.