michael hastings one of the top reporters in the country one uh...
twenty ten polka ward for magazine reporting finals for the national
magazine award it also in twenty ten of course had
of the article runaway general bus them in the crystal after that
uh... when it was uh... found out the microsoft has high disdain for a
civilian command
he was asked to step down and he did set down so is
uh... reporting was important it was truthful and it was impactful
well uh... now we're finding out some new things about
what happened with michael now we guess they told you about uh... of course how
he passed away
at four thirty in the morning in l_a_ in a single car
crash air was very fiery crash in engine was thrown about
some say fifty
uh... feed some say uh...
uh... bigger doses than that
uh... interesting
tweaked it just came out alone before the show from which it leaks
we billy says michael hot casings contacted
we can explore jennifer robson just a few hours before he died
saying that the f_b_i_ was investigating him
that's in this thing of course i a couple of different fronts number one i
have no idea if that's true or not true
uh... in terms of whether
wiki leaks is
accurate about bad or michael was accurate about that
i do know that uh... michael was concerned about government surveillance
he said it on this show all the time you know set it off their and he had rights
to be concerned of course the government turns up was surveilling
reporters such as associated press
and uh... of course surgeon chosen aunt uh... fox news channel and perhaps
some c_b_s_ reporters as well
and then i went back and from the last article that uh... michael had written
uh... for buzzfeed in its is why democrats low
to spy on americans makes very good point about
president while my as he is done on this show many times talking about how
president mama had of what he called a war on journalism and
uh... i_d_ realize was that article did he talk about how the
uh... obama administration and its l allies the f_b_i_ and department of
justice
had viciously attacked
reporters
and anyone else that baby to be a threat
uh... and you hinterberger free of sodium reader free of something you
should it's a fascinating article
on any talk specifically about jacob
apple brown the cities of transparency activists at a computer savant
and these continually been harassed american border
and his laptop facies
background is accuse you look into herself uh...
bibles a terrific reporter
and so on these i'm positive
dees of the case and uh... and your interpretation of that could be
different
but the fact is these people have been harassed bette brown was a
rescue girls who will for vanity fair from time to time
among other publications michael explains
and he was writing about uh... connection between private contracting
firm h_p_ gary
an essay from that party going green won't work for you about that
on this program we only know about that because anonymous or splinter group from
anonymous lol sike
had hacked into their
computer it turns out three different private contractors the press
contractors
worker
s scheming too
work with the chamber of commerce
to target certain people including glenn greenwald
and is another part of the attack on journalists
and uh... apparently bradbury brown a skirmish sitting in a texas prison on
trumped up f_b_i_ charges
regarding at what michael described as as we should have a report or
inquiry to the point that political collective know sometimes as an ominous
so
uh... the government does go after the people who reveal their secrets the
government also probably goes up a journalist
who reveal the secrets by releasing certainly
when it of and expose some secrets the government did not want you to know
there's no question about that
as far as f_b_i_ investigation again i have no idea of the rhapsody of that
but here's what i would ask that the f_b_i_ respond
so they're legitimate question were you investigated michael hastings and if so
what were you investigating for
and by the way wouldn't think that the as work for a few fee
uh... come forward with uh... statement on a very clear so what what it says but
i
however we double check on them i would also like to double check on what they
say
now whether anyone to reporters will fall promises of good an open question
given that there aren't very many would you may report is left in the country
bible a seasoned salt one of the few
likely how most of the watching the press corps will treat this with the
state of setup
michael hastings than
reporting about people who are actually
crushed by the government didn't use where that he was being invested by
their what like
there has been investigations
so what you do your job for a change
michael's not here anymore so some of you have to step up
and actually act like reporters analyst for it to you
as simple questions that we have might be a good place to start
and then investigate further now uh... even tell that i'm a little disdainful
of the
mainstream press partly today because of how they're treated my tracings
both when he was alive and now unfortunately is passed
of course we both s_l_ in crystal story there's a lot of people in the presence
of are all well how can he do this it breaks adikted
what etiquette what you just posted pleasant add to the people the you
covered the government facials the generals et cetera at the expense of the
truth
at the expense of the people that you're supposed to be serving your readers your
consumers your audience
well of course you that's exactly what the washington press corps has turned
into now is that the new york times
just a poor little salt on those ones in his obituary
measures that he's award-winning writer
animations of salmon crystal did step down because of his article
i don't think he would step down if what my good written was false
who's now the pentagon what about quietly into the night
he was trying to
that's why president while ask for his resignation
and of course will be a bit
but nonetheless the new york times decided oh
buses for the center that will be carried
anyway just to do a little smearing of a map trees pass away
they say the inspector general's report also questioned the accuracy of some
aspects of article which was repeatedly defended by mister he sings and rolling
stones editors
also the pentagon
that did an investigation of itself
questioned the report which they despise the article which they couldn't stay
they were furious about
now than they say that it wasn't road no they didn't say that
but transpose the senator anywhere right
and in fact he took action because it was true
the crystaltextiles dot
but in new york times can stand
the fact that their embarrassed by real reporters
araza seem new york times that in the way up to the iraq war would take
whatever the government said a brother front page
they would say yes well what is on pat's instruction can you believe that link
between al-qaeda in iraq
and they put up was not a sense to me miller stories in the front page and if
there was ever
any stories that showed that perhaps saddam hussein does not have what is a
message traction and perhaps you shouldn't allow president bush and she
needed to use nine eleven rack in the same sentence without pointing
out the obvious thank it was obvious to us but apparently not obvious a seventy
percent of american moderation when we went to war which is that iraq in nine
eleven were not connected
you are miserable well yaar during that time
now the new york times has some good pieces of some good a basket reporters
but their editors take a good reporter reporting put on a twenty-seven if he
could bad reporting that supports the government down bows out of the
government and they put it on the front page
sis is there a better us about how bad they are as reporters
they take pot shots of people who can't defend themselves anymore 'cause they'll
pass away
congratulations i hope you feel proud about that
lorena you though that was badly to be a little for all the river
now brothers guy who are a uh... have actually probably good relationship with
my go on his radio show all the time shockingly enough i think we've agreed
everytime i've been not on that radio show
uh... you know we have at times different political views
so i thought at times trying to be resolved this is not one of those times
uh... outraged by the treaty sent out which again is totally gratuitous but he
did it anyway
uh... reporter michael hastings killed
bearing tragic car wreck candles as the family but hard to forget he destroyed
career of one of our best fighting chapel
do you report will be
general actually sad
remember useless like geraldo and be a bitch to the government
to say what what do you charles i would love to have been trying quick view i'd
love to be a cocktail party with you
i'd help
can i say do dear generals on his service you that's what we're all those
or rivera saying
and he's not alone that's what almost all the washington press corps does
that's the white or outraged by michael hastings
actually doing journalism
and we'll look at this
he actually flat-out it and said how dare you do promptly report carjackers
are actually doing
windows looking worse was that
look up to i_b_p_ our flights for
and you're all the was a good reporter actually early in his career
really early in his career
he hasn't done that kind of reporting in the law on the long time
unopened jos what will he sings i don't know he was
bitter that michael he sings at expose the corrupt government officials are all
the roads are apparently lawless
and associates and southwest
but i do know that there was one person
our troops potential is certainly was a michael a sings
the lyric so-called reported that ever gave away the one thing that matters
most the position of our troops in the battle
you guess that i was wrong rivera
unit on a report on fox news channel
the entire about endangering the troops
best fighting general
spare me her although