On Tuesday, PBS released their latest Frontline documentary entitled The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz. As part of the show, PBS decided to highlight how both men came to enter politics, but for Walz, that included repeating his factually-challenged origin story.
Narrator Will Lyman claimed, “The pivotal moment came in the summer of 2004. He was a member of the National Guard and there was a raging debate going on over the war in Iraq.”
As Lyman narrated, PBS showed a photo of Walz holding up a sign that read “Enduring Freedom Veterans for Kerry.”
PBS didn’t dwell on the photo, but it is important for two reasons. First, Walz did not serve in Afghanistan and PBS not only never called him out on that, they also did not call him out over any of his other military-related controversies. Second, the photo shows Walz was already politically…
