Mostly the left (although sometimes we do it as well), will label invalid conclusions as lies, rather than mistakes. Almost ever “lie” media matters “exposes” turns out to be nothing more than their own interpretation of what the facts mean, not a complaint about the facts.
So in this case, the guy says the wound was too small to get a purple heart. Probably that was not the right thing to say, since the size of the wound doesn’t preclude a purple heart. If he had said “didn’t deserve”, that would have made it pure opinion, and immune for any charge of lying, but because the statement was an opinion on the applicability, it was a mistake. But not a lie.
good points.