Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-27 17:32:10 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8218E704E3BB4AF17A6AB5DB7B3A16434ED6E2B116BEFB62E76DB684004A3C7C
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Original Note:
"160 confirmed kills" is untrue. United States Navy records, released after a Freedom of Information Act request, revealed that Kyle greatly exaggerated his confirmed kills, which was cited as 91 in internal records, as well as his awards: https://theintercept.com/2016/05/25/american-sniper-chris-kyle-distorted-his-military-record-documents-show/ The Navy documents in question: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2841171-Kyle-Citations.html
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