Monday 24 November 2014

Media Goes Wild Over Hagel Firing But Not Obama's Secret Afghanistan Reversal

Media Goes Wild Over Hagel Firing But Not Obama's Secret Afghanistan Reversal | Mother Jones

Chuck Hagel meets with soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division. 

There's little the Washington-centric political-media universe loves more than the story of a fallen star. The defenestration of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has reporters and pundits in a schadenfreude-driven tizzy. Was he fired? Was he in over his head? OMG, look at how the White House is dumping on him, as he departs! Who's passing nasty notes in class about him?

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