Why did the Press Mythologize Gen. Petraeus in the first place?: Michael Hastings @ Piers Morgan

Why did the Press Mythologize Gen. Petraeus in the first place?: Michael Hastings @ Piers Morgan

Juan Cole 11/14/2012

Journalist Michael Hastings asks some quick, sharp questions about press deference to power.

Hastings is the author of The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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