stanley mcchrystal

Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone writer whose reporting compelled the White House to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal, does not mince words when it comes to allegations that he broke pre-arranged ground rules or agreements to go off the record.

The award-winning columnist is better at name-calling than at getting the facts right. Consider his take on Lara Logan's ludicrous criticism of the McChrystal article. Taibbi's rhetoric is all wrong.

General Stanley McChrystal and journalist Dave Weigel both got fired recently for saying things in public they didn't expect to be quoted on. Did the journalists who quoted them do something wrong? It's hardly a simple question.

Anyone eagerly awaiting a world in which all content is paid content would do well to observe Rolling Stone's clumsy handling of its General Stanley McChrystal blockbuster.