Watch just a few seconds of thefootage the major news outlets ran nearly nonstop in the weeks following Pat Tillman's death and you'll get a crash course in Mythmaking 101. Flags wave. Slo-mo footage of the pro football player turned Army Ranger is intercut with still photographs from his life. Stirring music swells, while a somber-voiced narrator intones that Tillman was an "unflinching patriot" who gave his life for his country. It's the narrative that was propagated by George W. Bush when he said, "Pat Tillman loved the game of football. Yet he loved America even more."
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机译：观看Pat Tillman死后的几周内，主要新闻媒体几乎不停地跑了几秒钟，您将在Mythmaking 101中获得速成班。职业足球运动员转身为陆军游骑兵的慢动作镜头与他一生中的静止照片相交。喧闹的音乐激增，而旁白的叙述者则以淡淡的口音表达蒂尔曼是一位“坚定不移的爱国者”，为国家献出了生命。这是乔治·布什（George W. Bush）说的话：“帕特·蒂尔曼（Pat Tillman）热爱足球比赛，但他更热爱美国。”
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