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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:38 PM Jan 2019

Washington Post issues correction on Nathan Phillips and the Vietnam War

Correction: Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips served in the U.S. Marines from 1972 to 1976 but was never deployed to Vietnam.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/20/it-was-getting-ugly-native-american-drummer-speaks-maga-hat-wearing-teens-who-surrounded-him/

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Washington Post issues correction on Nathan Phillips and the Vietnam War (Original Post) oberliner Jan 2019 OP

lol JI7 Jan 2019 #1

I have never seen him claim otherwise. SQUEE Jan 2019 #2

Other sources indicate he said "Vietnam *times* veteran" alp227 Jan 2019 #7

Do you think the Covington kids did anything wrong? BannonsLiver Jan 2019 #3

That's good. Their previous reporting was incorrect. MineralMan Jan 2019 #4

I thought so too, but in the CNN interview he does state Vietnam Veteran. SQUEE Jan 2019 #6

republican family-values role model Dirty Donny is still a five-time draft dodger Achilleaze Jan 2019 #5

You just can't help yourself can you, Boo? EffieBlack Jan 2019 #8

JI7

(89,247 posts)

1. lol

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Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:39 PM

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SQUEE

(1,315 posts)

2. I have never seen him claim otherwise.

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Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:01 PM

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Only the journalist's too thick to pick up on his exact wording.. Vietnam Era Vet.

I stand corrected.. He claims to be a "Vietnam veteran" in the CNN interview.

" And I'm a Vietnam veteran and I know that mentality of "There's enough of us. We can do this."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/us/nathan-phillips-maga-teens-interview/index.html

alp227

(32,018 posts)

7. Other sources indicate he said "Vietnam *times* veteran"

Reply to SQUEE (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:06 PM

Jan 2019

It appears CNN misquoted him. What a mess. Why not just say "Marine veteran" instead of misleading people?

BannonsLiver

(16,369 posts)

3. Do you think the Covington kids did anything wrong?

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Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:07 PM

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MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

4. That's good. Their previous reporting was incorrect.

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:30 PM

Jan 2019

Nathan Phillips did not claim to have been deployed to Vietnam. He would not have done so. Like him, I am a Vietnam-era veteran who was never in that country. I was, however, serving in the USAF between 1965-69, which makes me a Vietnam-era veteran. I never claim otherwise, and neither does Nathan Phillips.

The WP was right to correct its error.