Reporters are not supposed to thank the establishment at the end of the day

Journalist Michael Hastings believes in journalism. You know, asking questions, not protecting military men because they’re in the military and telling things how they are. Crazy ideas, I know. Others, like The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, rather like war and Israel and like to contribute to the Middle East being filled with the former as much as possible.

So, here’s Hastings explaining his Rolling Stone piece:

And here’s CNN’s Lara Logan getting all upset that Hastings dared to actually report fairly on the military rather than protecting the honest men and women in uniform:

Text and images ©2024 Antony Loewenstein. All rights reserved.

Site by Common