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William Caldwell: 5 Facts on the General at the Center of Rolling Stone's Psy-Ops Story
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsMichael Hastings, the reporter whose "Runaway General" profile of Stanley McChrystal forced him to resign his command in Afghanistan, has another blockbuster in the pages of Rolling Stone. According to a report published Wednesday night, the U.S. military ordered its "psychological operations" unit in Kabul to manipulate visiting political figures into approving additional troops and funding for the war in Afghanistan. The much talked about story lists political figures such as Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Al Franken, D-Minn., and Carl Levin, ...
John Lennon Quotes: 'I'm Not Interested in Being a Dead F***ing Hero'
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Thirty years ago today, the world lost John Lennon. But his voice hasn't been completely silenced. In a treat for fans, Rolling Stone magazine is releasing what it's calling Lennon's "final interview," which was given just three days before he was killed. In it, the Beatles legend talks about being a father and slams his critics. "What they want is dead heroes, like Sid Vicious and James Dean. I'm not interested in being a dead f***ing hero. ... So forget 'em, forget 'em," he said. Lennon, of course, would never live to see how ironic those words have become. On Dec. 8, ...
Rolling Stone Releases Lennon's Final Interview
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NEW YORK (Dec. 8) -- Three days before he was gunned down, John Lennon complained about his critics - saying they were just interested in "dead heroes" - and talked optimistically about his family and future, musing that he had "plenty of time" to accomplish some of his life goals. Lennon's final interview was released to The Associated Press by Rolling Stone on Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the musician's death. The issue using the full interview will be on magazine stands on Friday. While brief excerpts of Jonathan Cott's interview with Lennon were released for a 1980 Rolling Stone ...
The White House vs. the Media: The War Continues
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyThe dance, if you will, was not a pas de deux -- or even a nice polka. What has transpired between the White House and the press corps lately is more like an eighth grade bump n' grind: one partner freaking the other, limbs flailing, with no particular rhythm. For an increasingly disenchanted public, it was kind of awkward to watch. The most recent round began several weeks ago in The Hill newspaper. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spewed forth his simmering frustration with the "professional left," members of the liberal cable cabal who would only "be satisfied when we have Canadian health care ...
White House: Fox News 'Destructive', Olbermann & Maddow 'Invaluable'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAs Tom Diemer noted earlier, President Obama called Fox News' political agenda "destructive" in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Interestingly, this was followed up by White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, who said on Tuesday, "... if you're on the left, if you're somebody like Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow or one of the folks who helps to keep our government honest and pushes and prods to make sure that folks are true to progressive values, then he thinks that those folks provide an invaluable service." This, of course, makes the original comments about Fox News even ...
Obama, Biden Scold 'Apathetic,' 'Whining' Democrats
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyUsing words like "inexcusable" and "whining," President Obama and Vice President Biden are scolding Democratic voters, warning that the party must close the enthusiasm gap with Republicans as the midterm elections approach amid signs of an impending GOP tide. "People need to shake off this lethargy," Obama said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine set for publication on Friday. Surveys not only show that Republicans are poised to make big gains in both the House and Senate, but also that their constituent base is more excited as Nov. 2 draws near. Obama, campaigning in four states this ...
McChrystal Inquiry Short on Answers
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 22) -- As the U.S. government and military analysts fret about the "divided" White House war policy supposedly portrayed in Bob Woodward's forthcoming book "Obama's Wars," it's worth recalling this summer's other sensational war expose, the one that got Gen. Stanley McChrystal ousted from his post as commander in Afghanistan. The New York Times reports today on the Army's investigation into the insubordinate remarks made by members of McChrystal's staff in front of Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings. The upshot of the inquiry for McChrystal and his senior staff is that they were ...
Pentagon Bounces Rolling Stone Reporter: What Embed Ground Rules Actually Say
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- The pen is mighty, but the Pentagon has ways to keep it in check. So learned Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings on Tuesday when the military announced it would not allow him to embed with the U.S. army in Afghanistan. The decision comes a month and a half after the release of his explosive article on Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The widely circulated piece, "The Runaway General," revealed unvarnished animosity from McChrystal's top aides toward Obama administration officials and created a P.R. nightmare for the White House that eventually culminated in McChrystal's resignation as ...
Rolling Stone McChrystal Profile: The End of Fly-on-the-Wall Reporting?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThis week the entire journalistic pundit pack embraced the control-the-message dictates of political spin and corporate public relations as they excoriated Gen. Stanley McChrystal for allowing a Rolling Stone reporter to spend a month with him and his entourage. The derogatory towel-snapping mockery that cost McChrystal his Afghan command was often depicted as less of a mistake than his naiveté in cooperating with a magazine profile-writer. Michael Hastings, who etched the Rolling Stone portrait of McChrystal, deserves far more credit that he has received for pulling off the most difficult ...
Pentagon: We Are Not Bogged Down in Afghanistan
By David Wood - Politics DailyDefense Secretary Robert Gates, defending the abrupt change of combat command in Afghanistan, said Thursday that "I do not believe we are bogged down'' in Afghanistan. "We are making progress,'' Gates told Pentagon reporters, adding that it is "slower and harder than we anticipated ... we clearly are at an enormously difficult time'' in executing the counterinsurgency strategy President Barack Obama approved last December. Describing the state of war in Afghanistan after eight years of fighting, and the prospects for eventual success, Gates twice quoted Gen. David Petraeus, selected as the ...
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