PTSD Slander

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A veteran comments on the media coverage of the Fort Hood shooting: “But in an era where less than one percent of Americans serve in the armed forces, our collective image of ‘the veteran’ doesn’t come from empirical data. Rather, for most Americans who don’t know a combat vet, this image comes from pop culture. And pop culture has been especially irresponsible in its portrayal of veterans.”

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