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The media megaphone distorts the budget cut battle. they wont get into the specifics of what is being reduced in the level of spending. they only get into the battle. thats what theyre more interested in. >> most of-- most of the real careful an analysis was from like national journal, but only on their paid content. so if you wanted something that was a little more in depth, you had to pay for the content. >> there was the blame game amplyfied this week when bob woodward, the famous journalist ...

Fired him because he wouldnt respect the authority of the president. i didnt fire him because a dumb son of a [ bleep ], although he was. but thats not against the law for generals. if it was half to three quarters of them would be in jail. so 1951 was the last time a commanding general got himself fired in wartime. it was the last time before barack obama became president. whereupon that same thing has since happened twice. the young reporter whose article led to president obama firing celebrit...

>> eric: well, it was an explosive story about general stanley mcchrystal. it was in "rolling stone" last year called "the run-away general." the article led to his resignation, but a pentagon investigation found the general did nothing wrong. they could not confirm the article claims and called parts of it inaccurate. liz trotta, author, journalist and fox news contributor joins us every sunday at this time with her media commentary. good morning. >> good morning. >> eric: how has the national ...

If youk is out the rest of the year, turn out the lights. the party is over. all good things must come to an end. >> youre right, my friend. congressman peter king will be here later. that will be interesting. also his controversial "rolling stone" article led to the end of general stanley mcchrystals military career. we will bring in michael hastings. first, the must read opinion pages. youre watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. for those of us who have lactose intolerance, lets raise...

Said earlier, it is -- it poses a very real and potential threat to those that are working hard every day to keep us safe. >> were back with daniel ellsberg. and joining us, a cnn military analyst. and michael hastings, contributor editor of "rolling stone." his article led to the ousting of general stanley mcchrystal. first, what do you make of all of this? >> i think theres been a lot of hype about all of this. if you think about 92,000 so-called secret documents in which theres almost no new ...

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