Pulleeeeeze! 'Press the matter' (?) ie asking him what his name was; when he was enlisted?
OMG. . .these people are beyond hopeless; their are simply and determinedly, blinded to the 'morally superior' truth of the matter.
Truth is where they get cut off at the knees. And they don't care; it it's worth a poisoning a few minds. . .then it's worth doing just that.
Apparently, journalists have no capacity for learning from the mistakes of each other...perhaps that ability was purged from them in college.