Geraldo Rivera: Michael Hastings "destroyed career" of Gen. McChrystal

[alp227]

Wow, Geraldo Rivera is such a class act. (h/t Public Shaming)





PS responds:

Geraldo Rivera is a piece of shit. We all knew that. Whether he’s blaming Trayvon Martin for wearing a hoodie or putting together a television stunt to real the nonexistent contents of Al Capone’s vault, Geraldo Rivera is nothing but a hack, jealous of what real, actual journalists like Michael Hastings accomplished. Hastings reported what he heard and saw and committed to writing it as is, the truth. McChrystal cost himself his job. Geraldo Rivera, a Fox News employee, has no idea what being a journalist even means.

@Bro_Pair on Twitter had this amazing thing to say: “@GeraldoRivera Remember when you got thrown out of Iraq for drawing troop movements on live TV? But yeah, Hastings hated America.”

[HooptieWagon]

1. Silly "journalist"...

....McChrystal destroyed McChrystal's career.

[frylock]

4. no kidding

[Luminous Animal]

2. I let him know that "Jerry Rivers" is a putz.

[geek tragedy]

5. The only career Geraldo destroyed was his own. nt

[The Second Stone]

6. Rivera is right, Al Capone's vault was decades ago and he didn't know before

going in that it was empty. He now works willingly for Fox News, which he knew was nothing but lies before he willingly signed on. Al Capone's vault was real journalism by comparison to what he does now.

[Luminous Animal]

8. Al Capone's vault was a spectical... it didn't even come close to real journalism.

[BillyRibs]

7. What a Joke Geraldo is!

Here is my comparison; Eliot Spitzer, destroyed him self and his career And the reporter who brought this to light was a Champion of truth! but A "Fighting" General who has waged a rather dirty war Lying to the American people with the "Victory is Just around the Corner!" B.S. has destroyed his his own career as well, But the Man reporting the said atrocities and lies is the one who did the dirty deed!?!?
Here is my Conclusion; Gerry Get a life! you forgot you are a part of the fourth estate a long time ago you Fargging Whore! BTW do us all a favor, go Piss up a rope!

[Luminous Animal]

9. Geraldo was married to one of Kurt Vonnegut's daughters (Edith) for a few years...

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[dballance]

10. This would be the guy who gave away our military's postition on live coverage.

This is the guy who gave away our troops' position on a live feed. Who was then ordered to leave the country.

Sorry Rivera. McChrystal made the decisions that destroyed his career, just like you did for yours. Michael Hastings didn't destroy McChrystal, McChrystal did it all on his own.

[Politicalboi]

11. Do folding chairs still break noses?

I still remember him with the bandage on his nose. LOL!

[BillyRibs]

50. Well if they do,

I better not see him when I'm sitting on one!

[MADem]

12. McChrystal destroyed his own career. There's a fine line between cameraderie

and insubordination, and his staff went way over that fine line...and the not-so-good General ALLOWED it.

There's some shit that leaders just should not tolerate, if they are to be good leaders. The General failed in his duty to lead by example and set the standard, which is why his staff was such a bunch of mouthy little tools, ripe for the quoting.

[AndyA]

13. Geraldo Rivera--what a joke. He should be on Comedy Central.

Capone's vault may have been 27 years ago, but it's the thing that so many identify with Rivera. It's his, he owns it. He can't just walk away from it now. Deal with it, Rivera.

Instead of becoming a true journalist, Rivera instead decided to move toward the sensational aspect of reporting. Not really news, but covering the zit on Kim Kardashian's butt, or taking whatever he could find out of context to create "news" for the masses on faux.

Poor Rivera really had no choice but to go to faux, because intelligent people wouldn't give him the time of day.

Anyone other than a complete fool knows that Michael Hastings didn't ruin McChrystal's career, McChrystal did that on his own. A true journalist would realize this and not make idiotic statements like Rivera did.

I hope he loses a lot of followers, but suspect most who follow him are idiots to begin with, so they'll just accept what he says without question, even though Rivera's dead wrong.

[Renew Deal]

14. There isn't a dispute about what McChrystal said.

So hastings didn't "get him fired." Geraldo's statement reads like a "he deserved it" statement. I'm not sure if that's what he meant.

[marble falls]

16. What else could he have meant?

[Renew Deal]

19. That it is part of his legacy.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

27. In Geraldo's defense...

He's never been really good with communicating ideas clearly. It's one of his biggest weaknesses.

[grantcart]

37. lol for a journalist that is like saying a terrible dentist

shouldn't be blamed because he 'doesn't work with his hands well'.


Very funny.

[marble falls]

15. Hell Geraldo, Capone's vault was the best YOU'VE got!!!!!!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

25. ^^^THIS^^^

[Buzz Clik]

29. +1

[zappaman]

31. haha +1!

[MattBaggins]

55. In all fairness Geraldo deserves accolades for his work on the Willowbrook story

He could have been a great man but he decided to turn into a dipshit.

I was in an orphanage during some of the time frame of the Willowbrook scandal and there were many people involved but Geraldo deserves credit for his part in changing how people in institutions were treated.

[marble falls]

56. That "dipshit" opened the 'Capone' door. I am sorry you got such a rough childhood, though ....

I certainly hope things are better for you.

[tomg]

59. That was what I was thinking. He started off as

a lawyer for the Young Lords in NYC, and did some good work early in his broadcasting career in addition to Willowbrook. If you follow him, there is a real downward spiral. As much as I deplore him, he always strikes me one who had potential to do great good and simply chose another path.

[bemildred]

17. So? nt

[PatrynXX]

18. somewhat disagree

Geraldo skewered his career by going on fox. but love seeing him and Billo go after each other.. Bill is a hack. Geraldo is getting used.

not the best choice of words but some of the stuff Hastings wrote weren't entirely accurate. and using something from when I was 11...zzzzzz hey can I go back in time. actually that was during the years I changed. Do to an incident in Freeport IL, I was hardly a racist coming out of the gate after a girl named Katrina I think who was black said some of the money heart felt apology I'd ever heard. The 2 worst bullies in that school were both white. One pulled a switchblade on me. never remembered his full name Chad.... and his buddy Joe ****** his last name I do remember. Have no idea why.

So thanks for this discussion I can remember why I tend to be neither Republican or Democrat. I lean left. Registered Dem because I'm in Iowa. Next time. If Hillary is running there is a fairly good chance I'll vote third party. Toooooooo close to the arabs. Said that in 2008, seeing her out the other day.. looks like she's pretending to be tough again. She lost in 2008 doing that. Where the real Hillary goes when she's back to running her own thing I have no idea. But trying to say Hastings Hated America. Who said that. Need to have the line down before providing words in mouth.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

20. Gerald'oh has followers?

[obama2terms]

63. Sadly yes

My brother, who actually is quite liberal ( in some cases more liberal than me) is a Geraldo defender because of him exposing the Willowbrook State School, which yes that is a wonderful thing ( and the only thing I like about him) but still after what he has said lately, I have lost any respect I had left for him.

[n2doc]

21. I didn't know Gerry was such a military expert

But then I guess someone who diagrams troop movements on TV must be one, right?

"Finest fighting general", my ass.

[Pholus]

41. That made for classic TV though...

He looked "bold" with that pistol strapped to his side.

[Joey Liberal]

22. McChrystal didn't need any help in ruining his career

He lied about Pat Tillman's death and he never should have been promoted to general in the first place.

[librechik]

30. +10,000 reaming Michael hastings for reporting the truth? Shame Geraldo!

[Quixote1818]

23. If News organizations had any credibility any more that alone would get him fired

Proves he is not a journalist in the very least.

[jsr]

24. Who is Geraldo Rivera?

[formercia]

26. Fuck You Geraldo

That is all.

Read my Sig.

[Buzz Clik]

28. LOL! Capone was just the beginning for the king of yellow journalism.

[CanonRay]

32. General McChrystal destroyed General McChrystal's career

with his own big mouth. Ahh, there's that old personal responsibility bugaboo biting another Republican in the ass.

[ctsnowman]

33. Wait

Rivera has twitter followers? LOL didn't he fake getting beat up back in the day as well?

Thanks for the post.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. Hey Geraldo,...if you had ANY integrity you would have dumped FOX after this...

[maindawg]

35. McChrystal destroyed his own carreer

He is a big boy, he is accountable for his actions. Hastings did his job, unlike Geraldo who is a grandstanding idiot.

[Demeter]

36. McChrystal Destroyed His Own Career

[Octafish]

38. McChrystal destroyed his own career.

"I can personally verify that some of the most damning comments were made by McChrystal himself, and many others made by his aides in his presence were greeted with his enthusiastic approval. Michael refused to give further evidence to the Pentagon investigators, even though he could have directly attributed a host of insubordinate comments to others on the general’s staff, in part because he believed that it was not the role of a journalist to open his notebooks to the military, and in part because he felt that what was needed when it came to the war in Afghanistan was not a change in personnel, but in policy." -- Elise Jordan, Mr. Hastings' widow.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/geraldo-rivera-michael-hastings_n_3469936.html

[Squinch]

39. ^^^what they said^^^^

[47of74]

40. Karma, Mr. Rivera

Don't speak ill of the dead because one has no control over what will be said of them once they're gone.

[Sherman A1]

42. He pretty much did that all by himself

Hastings apparently (unlike Geraldo has or I suspect every will be able to do) just brought news to light.

[eppur_se_muova]

43. He says that like it was a bad thing ...

hard to forget, indeed. This was one career that needed to be destroyed.

[spanone]

44. fuck you geraldo and you're inflated opinion of yourself

[heaven05]

45. I

never liked geraldo. bottom feeding scum.

[Hissyspit]

46. Imbecile.

[Initech]

47. I like when Jon Stewart called Geraldo a "part time Snidley Whiplash impersonator."

Really, how is this creep still relevant?

[DirkGently]

48. My favorite Geraldo memory

... was once when he was interviewing Charles Manson in prison. He tried to go down some kind of macho road about Manson having had "other people do his killing." And how in Geraldo's day or Geraldo's neighborhood, or some such, they did "their own killing."

I swear though, that I've heard him say some intelligent things. Just can't remember the last one.

[Tom Ripley]

52. And Manson threatened to "beat the dogshit out of Rivera"

Probably the first and only time many viewers identified with Manson

[cleduc]

49. After he tweeted this:

Geraldo Rivera ?@GeraldoRivera 13h
The vast majority of virtual attackers are pretentiously obscene slashers who never served, never read Hastings and never watched me

This was my tweeted response:

CLeduc ?@cleduc2 15s
@GeraldoRivera I served, read Hastings and watched you. Capone's vault may be your top accomplishment, was pretentious & obscene journalism

[Dash87]

64. Lol owned. Why do these assholes that never served

try to use "you never served!" as a trump card? I never served, but I don't try to denigrate others for not serving.

He's a hypocrite asshole.

[Dawson Leery]

51. Stanley ruined his own career.

[Godot51]

53. There's still time...

... just put McChrystal back in uniform (I'd recommend Private) and send him to Afghanistan and let him fight once again. Maybe he can salvage his reputation.

[tech3149]

54. If I really cared enough to repond to Jerry Rivers

I'd tell him to stick to Fux "News" so would never have to see him again.

[Jamastiene]

57. McChrystal destroyed his own career with his own mouth and his own actions, same as Geraldo.

Geraldo destroyed HIS own career with his stupid sand map of troop movements while covering the Iraq war. How did he think drawing a map of where the troops were going to attack next was going to turn out?

He is a blithering idiot.

[rpannier]

58. Actually the best i would have had was

I refuse to stop following you. Everyday I stop for a minute to read one of your twits... i mean tweets. They're constant reminders of, no matter what awful a day I'm having, no matter how bad my life may seem... I'm not you. And that makes me smile.

[Locrian]

60. Geraldo Rivera = the male version of Ann Coulter - n/t

[avebury]

61. Geraldo Rivera needs to grow up.

The only person responsible for destroying McChrystal's career is McChrystal himself. Rivera is in no position to critique any journalist, after all, he was responsible for revealing troop movements on live TV and getting kicked out of the field.

[Lugal Zaggesi]

62. Well, at least Stanley was loyal to his Commander in Chief -

the "Mission Accomplished" one:

McChrystal was also criticized for his role in the aftermath of the 2004 death by friendly fire of Ranger and former professional football player Pat Tillman.

Within a day of Tillman's death, McChrystal was notified that Tillman was a victim of friendly fire. Shortly thereafter, McChrystal was put in charge of paperwork to award Tillman a posthumous Silver Star for valor.

On April 28, 2004, six days after Tillman's death, McChrystal approved a final draft of the Silver Star recommendation and submitted it to the acting Secretary of the Army, even though the medal recommendation deliberately omitted any mention of friendly fire, included the phrase "in the line of devastating enemy fire", and was accompanied by fabricated witness statements.

On April 29, McChrystal sent an urgent memo warning White House speechwriters not to quote the medal recommendation in any statements they wrote for President Bush because it "might cause public embarrassment if the circumstances of Corporal Tillman's death become public."

"Mr. President, don't use this one publicly, it's just a typical Military Cover-Your-Ass medal.
I wouldn't want you to get embarrassed by the Demon Rats, Sir."

[CarmanK]

65. McChrystal ruined his career. Whatever happened to GOP accountability. Oh, right, only apps to other

McChrystal is responsible for his conduct and his career direction. Michael Hastings exposed the "other more putrid side of the general" that was there all along.

[blkmusclmachine]

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