Mediaite Year One: By The Numbers
So. Mediaite is a year old. Or, rather, a year and six days old. Or 1.02 years. As the site’s self-appointed data geek, I thought that this first birthday deserved a special data-oriented tribute.
General Petraeus Officially Takes Command Of Afghanistan
Less than two weeks after Rolling Stone published its bombshell article on General Stanley McChrystal -- and simultaneously a media agonistes -- General David Petraeus has formally taken over as commander of the war Afghanistan at a time when "almost every phase of the war is going badly."
Matt Taibbi Defends Rolling Stone Cohort Michael Hastings From Lara Logan Critique
In the aftermath of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's firing and inevitable resignation, Michael Hastings has appeared on a few programs defending himself. However, one of his most vocal defenders has been his fellow Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi. Having previously written a response to David Brooks' comment on the subject, Taibbi...
O’Reilly On Gen. McChrystal: “Live By The Liberal Sword, Die By The Liberal Sword”
Last night Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg discussed the case of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, neither of whom could figure out why Gen. McChrystal would be foolish enough to fall into the trap of big bad Rolling Stones reporter Michael Hastings who O'Reilly charmingly described as a "weasel with a capital 'W.'" Finally...
NYT Slams Politico And Time For Scooping Rolling Stone On Its McChrystal Story
President Obama may have solved his McChrystal problem but the long tail of the now-infamous Rolling Stone profile is still kicking around the media world. In his column today at the New York Times, David Carr takes Politico and Time to the woodshed for posting a full PDF of the McChrystal story before...
Fox & Friends: Why Can’t Obama Fix Oil Disaster As Quickly As He Axed McChrystal?
Really? Former Speaker of the House, and current Fox News Analyst Newt Gingrich made a guest appearance on Fox and Friends this morning, and was asked by co-host Gretchen Carlson to opine on any correlation between President Obama's quick replacement of General McChrystal and his inability to stop the BP oil...
“Rolling STONE?!?” How Soon The Pundits Forget
Newsflash: Rolling Stone has been doing war reporting - and political reporting, business reporting, news reporting - for decades now. And they've got the Ellies to prove it.
Rolling Stone Journalist Says He Believed “Gen. McChrystal Was Unfireable”
With Gen. Stanley McChrystal relieved of his Afghanistan duties in the wake of the Rolling Stone profile, the occasional TV talking head has put the blame on Michael Hastings for reporting too much.But Hastings told Anderson Cooper last night that he believed Gen. McChrystal was "unfireable."
Bernie Goldberg Slams Conservative Talk Radio’s Hypocrisy On McChrystal Sacking
On last night's Factor, regular guest Bernie Goldberg was on to judge the media's reaction to the Gen. Stanley McChrystal/Rolling Stone scandal, and it was mildly surprising to see both of them defend the magazine, even though the piece's author, Michael Hastings, is a "card-carrying unabashed lefty." More surprising, though, was to watch Goldberg turn...
Gretchen Carlson: Hosting Fox & Friends is ‘The Same Thing As Being The President’
While Gen. Stanley McChrystal's military insubordination via ancient music mag garnered some sympathy for President Obama in a news cycle where he was already facing two wars, the worst environmental disaster in history, and a surge of opposition in Tuesday's run-off elections, Fox & Friends' Gretchen Carlson went one step further and offered the...
The Takeaway! Public Radio Show Scoops MSM With First Michael Hastings Interview
Everyone has been talking about General Stanley McChrystal after the now-infamous Rolling Stone article was released, now resulting in President Obama's acceptance of his letter of resignation. Not many, however, have bothered to talk to Michael Hastings, the writer of the controversial story that started this mess - except for John Hockenberry and Celeste...
