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The media megaphone distorts the budget cut battle. they won't get into the specifics of what is being reduced in the level of spending. they only get into the battle. that's what they're 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 who was involved in uncovering the watergate scandal, wrote a column last week claiming that the ...

Fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the president. i didn't fire him because a dumb son of a [ bleep ], although he was. but that's 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 celebrity general stanley mcchrystal will join us next. [ female announcer ] eyes feeling overworked? dis...

>> 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 media reported this? >> a big surprise. the general did nothing wrong. that is the real joke of the ...

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. >> you're 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 mcchrystal's military career. we will bring in michael hastings. first, the must read opinion pages. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. for those of us who have lactose intolerance, let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. ...

Said earlier, it is -- it poses a very real and potential threat to those that are working hard every day to keep us safe. >> we're 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 there's been a lot of hype about all of this. if you think about 92,000 so-called secret documents in which there's almost no new information, i think that, you know, do the thought experiment, larry, where these are all unclas...