What a shock: Hollywood pushing back at "The Sniper"

What rises to the level of "character assassination"?

Was the New Yorker piece character assassination?

Is it character assassination to point out his lies? Or is it in the framing/tone?

 

I'm still waiting to hear who "the real " John Kerry is. Now there is a man who knows how to alter a military bio

 

Were the stories about Michael Brown fact or character assassination?

 

My answer would be that it depends on the framing/tone.

 

That's silly.

 

How is that "silly"?

It's not "character assassination" to profile Michael Brown. Or Chris Kyle. Or Jackie. (Remember, once upon a time, in December, you wanted reporters to verify the information provided by story subjects.)

 

How about showing the video of Brown assaulting the store clerk? Was that character assassination or essential evidence of
the case?

 

Boom, that is different and you know it.

 

Not sure I'd go as far as call it character assassination, but it does seem disrespectful. By all accounts I have read, Kyle wasn't a stone-cold killer, but a soldier who saw his job as being critical to saving the lives of his fellow soldiers. By all accounts, he was proud to be in the military and took his service very seriously. He also was a husband and father who was killed trying to help a fellow veteran. He's certainly not perfect, and I'm sure he's burnished his legend at times, but I imagine that many elite military members would do the same. They are a very competitive, prideful bunch.
Can someone link the NYT profile again? Not sure I have read it, and can't seem to find it on the thread (though I haven't looked too hard).

This one might be worth a read for some of you. I thought it was well done and had some good insight.

‘American Sniper’ hits home for Tampa veteran, wife | TBO.com and The Tampa Tribune

 

In the Crosshairs - The New Yorker

 

Thanks. I might have read it already, but need a refresher.

 

What's the line between "character assassination" and truth, though? Sunshine, a conservative and by all indications admirer of Kyle, thought the New Yorker profile was excellent. It is the story that broke a lot of the questionable stuff about Kyle. Its tone was nonetheless sympathetic. But YankeeFan said the contention that tone separates reporting from "character assassination" was "silly."