Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-27 02:32:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CFF9694ECF3AD64A5BC7E77470B1D99CB4A956AF2C0E712CF18EEB1749B3C6AC
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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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