More Fort Hood “Misinformation”

After Islamic Jihadist, Nidal Malik Hasan went on murderous shooting spree in Fort Hood on November 5th, there were many reports about the incident that later turned out to be false.

 
First it was reported that Hasan was not the only gunman, and that possibly two other gunmen were being sought.

 
Then it was reported that Hasan had been killed.

 
Then it was reported that a female civilian police officer by the name of Kimberly Hunley had shot and killed Hasan, and that she was also shot and killed in the exchange of gunfire.

 
Most of the misinformation was corrected within a day of the massacre. Some took a lot longer to come out.

 
When the bad news that Nidal Malik Hasan was in fact alive was reported, it was offset by the good news that Sgt. Kimberly Hunley was also alive and doing well. Sgt. Hunley was turning out to be a bright spot amidst all of the horror of that November day. The media correctly labeled the diminutive Sgt. Hunley a hero. This petite female officer was the one who stopped Hasan’s jihad before he had a chance to kill many more innocent people.

 
As it turns out, the Sgt. Hunley story was also falsely reported. This story however, took a lot longer to correct than the rest of the misreporting. It took seven days for the media to finally get it right. The New York Times reported in its November12th issue that Sgt. Hunley wasn’t the police officer who stopped Hasan’s rampage. In fact, Sgt. Hunley didn’t even get off a shot! The police officer who finally put an end to the mass murder was Sgt. Mark Todd.

 
According to the NY Times, a witness who asked not to be identified saw Hasan shoot Sgt. Hunley as she rounded the corner of a building. The witness then said that Hasan started to reload his pistol when Sgt. Todd rounded another corner of the building and finally took down the jihadist. Sgt. Todd has agreed with the details given by the witness.

 
The question is; who is responsible for this particular piece of misinformation? Is it the United States Army, the Killeen, Texas police department, or the media?

 
On this one, I have my suspicions on the media along with the Killeen police department. I can’t help but believe that political correctness had something to do with the failure of the police department and the media to set the story straight as to who the real hero who shot Hasan was. After all, it was such a good story; a female officer bringing an end to a radical Islamic jihadist’s murderous rampage. Hollywood couldn’t have written it any better! Could this scenario have possibly been too good for the Killeen police department and the media to let go of? Did wishful thinking and a great storyline delay the obvious truth from coming out? It’s kind of like the whole “balloon boy” story. I believe that most of the media was truly hoping that the boy was in the balloon, and that he would miraculously walk out when it finally landed. The rest of us smelled a rat from the get-go!

 
This isn’t to say that Sgt. Hunley doesn’t deserve praise, and that her actions weren’t heroic – they were. However, the truth is that a black officer by the name of Mark Todd was also a hero, and he deserves to be acknowledged as such!

 
You have to excuse me if I’m being a bit “conspiracy minded” but this whole Fort Hood massacre has seemingly been a result of political correctness run amok. Nidal Malik Hasan (I refuse to call him Major) sent out so many warning signs – so many red flags, that its incomprehensible that something other than political correctness and the fear of being branded anti-Muslim allowed this massacre to occur.

 
Political correctness has morphed from an annoying fact of college campus life to a dangerous weapon used against us by our enemies. Political correctness prevents people from opening up their mouths and using their rational minds when they need to. Our enemies in the radical Islamic movement understand this, and will use it to destroy