Cenk Uygur
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Michael Hastings Tears Petraeus to Shreds on CNN
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November 14, 2012
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6:55Now Playing"Piers Morgan and Buzzfeed's Michael Hastings () had a sharp exchange over David Petraeus on Morgan's Monday show.
Hastings has been one of the former CIA chief and military commander's loudest critics in the days following the revelation of his extramarital affair. In a scathing Buzzfeed piece, he pointed the finger at the media, which he said had venerated Petraeus to disastrous ends. He repeated that point to Morgan, and took a shot at CNN's own Pentagon coverage.
"The larger point that I've been making is that essentially the media has played a role in protecting David Petraeus and promoting David Petraeus and mythologizing David Petraeus," he said.
Hastings said Petraeus had failed in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and escalated violence in both places."*
Cenk Uygur breaks down "blow job media" and how Buzzfeed's Michael Hastings does not fall into that category, as an unflinching journalist. Is he a provocateur? Or is he the only one in the video not trying to gain?
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Watch the original video of Michael Hastings clashing with Piers Morgan on CNN here
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