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Rolling Stone broke interview ground rules with McChrystal, military officials say
The command has concluded from its own review of events that McChrystal was betrayed when the journalist quoted banter among the general and his staff, much of which they thought was off the record. They contend that the magazine inaccurately depicted the attribution ground rules for the interviews.
“Many of the sessions were off-the-record and intended to give [reporter Michael Hastings] a sense” of how McChrystal’s team operated, according to a senior military official. The command’s own review of events, the official said, gleaned “no evidence to suggest” that any of the “salacious political quotes” in the article were made during a series of on-the-record and background interviews Hastings conducted with McChrystal and others.
This is an absolute joke. Sure it may have been off the record, but if McChrystal and staff didn’t think a Rolling Stone reporter would somehow get such volatile statements into the story, they’re beyond naive or just plain stupid (drunk?).
If you’re running a major war…a fucking WAR…for the United States Military, you and your staff should probably have the common sense to not talk shit about every major civilian political figure in Washington in front of a reporter - just as Eric Schmidt or Steve Jobs wouldn’t be caught dead making inflammatory remarks about the FCC, on the record or not.
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arjun reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
This is ridiculous. The crime wasn’t in getting caught but rather the blatant disregard for the civilian command....
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onefootinthegrave said:
bullshit. The first thing our Public Affairs Officer told us when we were deploying was that there is no such thing as “off the record”
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apnordhagen reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
Oops! Can we get a do over?
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corcarpemei said:
Rule #1 of being interviewed: the only things off the record are the things you never say.
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asonnenberg reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
This is an absolute joke. Sure it may have been off the record, but if McChrystal and staff didn’t think a Rolling Stone...
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