PATRICK TILLMAN

I was amazed at how the football player Pat Tillman left what he loved most, which is football just to serve our country. I had to do some research on this and how the media portrayed his death. I think that it was absolutely horrible how the media lied about his death, and they still proceeded with the story. The way the media portrays stories is quite unrealistic. They make up what society wants to hear and turn it into a story that grabs the attention of the viewers. With Pat Tillman, he played for the Arizona Cardinals as safety and was one of the number one rookies in the league in 1998.He then left in 2004, soon after 9/11 and changed his lifestyle forever.  I think Tillman was very bold, courageous, and heroic to leave the NFL to serve the country. He turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Cardinals to enlist in the U.S Army. He was killed by a friendly fire, and the U.S Army covered it up and held it from his family. How could you keep something like this from friends and family and the people that care most about him? This is my first time hearing about this story and I was very disturbed by it. With so much promoting for the U.S. Army and trying to recruit young men, the ARMY is not all what the media makes it out to be. Of course its great were helping our country, but when things happen and they try to hide the truth, it affects the society/world around us. I hope the society gets better as well as the media and how it depicts certain situations.