Hasan Nidal promoted to Lt Col ?

[tombogan03884]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/11/rumor-check-was-ft-hood-shooter-nidal-hasan-promoted-given-a-medal-in-jail/


Could an obscure military regulation really have led to the infamous Fort Hood shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, being not just promoted, but awarded the medal of honor?
Rumor Check: Army Major Nidal Hasan Has Been Promoted, Received Medal of Honor

Certainly, at least some people think so, given the existence of a new viral rumor to precisely that effect. What is worse is that there appears (that’s a key word, but more on that later) to be at least one military news site substantiating the rumor — specifically, the Duffel Blog. From their article on the subject:

    Army officials have confirmed that Nidal Hasan was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel yesterday in a small and solemn ceremony in the gathering room of Fort Leavenworth’s maximum security prison.

    The alleged mastermind behind the Fort Hood Shootings was ecstatic about the crossing of a major milestone in his military career and thanked all those in attendance. Meanwhile, protests were held outside the base, with people chanting “justice for the victims” and “don’t promote.” One participant stated that this ceremony was a “slap in the face of all the victims” from the massacre. Base officials refused to comment, declaring that Hassan’s promotion was decided months ago by personnel management officials.[...]

    Hasan also received a Legion of Merit from his superiors at Darnell Army Medical Center at Fort Hood upon Hasan’s transfer to Fort Leavenworth. Standard practice in the Army is to award soldiers a “Permanent Change of Station” award reflecting the sum total of their contributions while at their installation. Since Hasan’s movement to Leavenworth’s maximum security facility was technically a Permanent Change of Station, he was submitted for the award as a formality. The Legion of Merit was awarded during the same ceremony as Hasan’s promotion, although the officer presenting the award was forced to move Hasan’s beard to one side to affix it to his uniform.
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    The award now hangs inside Hasan’s cell, below a framed letter from Osama Bin Laden, congratulating Hasan on the “successful slaughter of dozens of infidels.”

Surely, given the existence of a news story to this effect, the rumor’s truth is cut and dried, right?

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[Big Frank]

So was Snopes wrong on this one? http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/hasan.asp

[tombogan03884]

Why don't you read the full article at the link and find out.

[Big Frank]

Too lazy.

[tombogan03884]

Then I guess you'll never know.

[Sponsor]

[Timothy]

I read it Frank!  It's satire...

[fatbaldguy]

Duffle Blog is to The Onion as Military is to Civilian

[Solus]

Tom was just celebrating April 1st a bit early.

[tombogan03884]

Actually My first reaction when I started reading the Blaze story was " WTF    !! ".
But I read the WHOLE story and decided to see if I could get anybody ranting about what I posted.  
I figured that to be fair I should give some sort of warning, so instead of just "More at link" , I highlighted "read the full article.  

Got to admit, it was to good to pass up 

[Solus]

There are a couple of sites that offer satire.  A few of their stories have been picked by by traditional media as truth, some of them complete copies of the original article.

Besides the chuckle we get from the satire, they might serve as a "lesson" to what should be "legitimate" reporters and news sources to start verifying the facts of a story before running with it.