John Pilger: There Is a War on Journalism
(Multimedia) It's been a week since Rolling Stone published its article on General Stanley McChrystal that eventually led to him being fired by President Obama. Since the article came out, Rolling Stone and the reporter who broke the story, Michael Hastings, have come under attack in the mainstream media for violating the so-called "ground rules" of journalism. But the investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger says Hastings was simply doing what ... Full Story »
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The interview opens with a montage of media types condemning Rolling Stone, the gist of which removes all doubt about the credibility of the interview.