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The following line, from an email slugfest he had with a State Department spokesman covering up Benghazi, deserves to be in Bartlett&#8217;s Quotations: &#8220;<strong>Why don&#8217;t you give answers that aren&#8217;t bullshit for a change<\/strong>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stone has a good tribute to him<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/michael-hastings-rolling-stone-contributor-dead-at-33-20130618\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great journalist Michael Hastings was killed in a car accident today. He was both thoughtful and tough &#8211; a rare combination. 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