Michael Hastings is a reporter for BuzzFeed and contributing editor to “Rolling Stone.” He regularly covers politics and international affairs including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. In 2011, he received the George Polk Award in journalism for his Rolling Stone story “The Runaway General.” His work has appeared in “Newsweek,” “GQ,” “Men’s Journal,” “The Washington Post,” “Los Angeles Times, “Slate,” “Salon,” “Foreign Policy,” “The Daily Beast,” and “The Huffington Post.” In 2010, Hastings was named one of “The Huffington Post’s” Game Changers of the year. His GQ story “Obama’s War” was selected in 2009 for Best American Political Writing. He is also the author of “I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story.” Hastings lives in Vermont.
Cenk Uygur, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald and Michael Hastings debate whether the Obama administration lied about the Benghazi attack not being an act of terrorism for political gain. watch video
Cenk Uygur, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald and Michael Hastings break down why the distribution of wealth in the U.S. is broken and why it’s so hard to fix. watch video
Cenk Uygur, David Sirota, Glenn Greenwald and Michael Hastings debate how seriously Americans should take claims that every citizen is constantly being recorded. watch video
BuzzFeed correspondent Michael Hastings plays an exclusive audio recording of a confrontation he had with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the midst of covering President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. watch video
Cenk Uygur talks to BuzzFeed correspondent and Rolling Stone contributor Michael Hastings about the upcoming film “Zero Dark Thirty,” which re-creates the search for and killing of Osama bin Laden. watch video
Wal-Mart manager Sara Gilbert talks about why after three years on the job she’ll join other workers in protesting the mega-chain on Black Friday. watch video
Guest co-hosts Michael “Epic Politics Man” Shure, Michael Hastings (BuzzFeed and “Rolling Stone”), Brown University professor Tricia Rose, TYT’s own Jayar Jackson and Brett Erlich of “The War Room” all deliberate on the 1st Annual TYT Turkey Pardon. watch video
Cenk, John Fugelsang, Michael Hastings and Amanda Marcotte look forward to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Fugelsang’s looking forward to how Democrats will try to “out-Eastwood” the Republicans. watch video
Cenk, John Fugelsang, Michael Hastings and Amanda Marcotte talk about the Navy SEAL Team 6 member who has gone public with a first-person account of the killing of Osama bin Laden. watch video
Cenk interviews BuzzFeed and “Rolling Stone” reporter Michael Hastings about the “kill list” of counter-terrorism targets being considered by President Obama for assassination. watch video
