We at Accuracy in Media honor Memorial Day and remember those who sacrificed their lives to serve the U.S. in the military. The grilling of hot dogs and hamburgers on Memorial Day can be a tradition for some, but it is also a time to remember the sacrifices of America’s servicemen and servicewomen.
From Task and Purpose: Of the 146 medical centers rated, 120 of them, or 82 percent, improved in the past year, according to the VA. But the Phoenix hospital, the epicenter of the 2014 wait-time scandal, was one of the worst rated, and the hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin – another one that has recently come […]
From Task and Purpose: Erling Kindem, a World War II veteran whose friendship with a local boy went viral after a local TV news station aired a story about the pair, died Saturday. Kindem, 91, died at the senior care facility in Farmington where he lived, according to KARE-11 TV. KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert and […]
Oh, the optics will be intriguing for the Thursday night football game between the visiting San Francisco 49ers, which Colin Kaepernick is a member of, and the home team San Diego Chargers. Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem sparked outrage and criticism and San Diego, which is home to a military base, took notice.
Sobering statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs, as reported by ABC News: According to the VA, an average of 20 veterans died from suicide every day in 2014. The VA examined over 55 million veteran records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The last time the VA conducted a study […]
Wow: Lawmakers are fuming over what they describe as a “shameful” decision by the Justice Department that could help the former head of the scandal-scarred Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital get her job back. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in a letter sent Tuesday, notified House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., that the DOJ would not defend […]
From the Charlevoix Courier: There are 400,000 or so funerals each year in the United States for military veterans and active-duty military men and women. They are entitled to a live bugler to play taps, but there are simply not enough buglers in the military to cover these services. Filling the void is Bugles Across […]
From us at AIM to you, we pause and give a moment of remembrance for those who sacrificed their lives serving the U.S. in the military. Let us remember that grilling burgers and hot dogs are not the purpose of this Memorial Day holiday.