Talk:Michael Hastings (journalist)/Archives/2018

Controversy about death
This is well-covered above. I reverted a statement in the lead that Hastings had been killed by the FBI or CIA. User has added this back in as a "possibly" in the lead. There is a whole section on it in the article and given that it is controversial I don't think it should be in the lead, or not in the current terms anyway. Tacyarg (talk) 05:10, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've removed it. -Darouet (talk) 13:10, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Michael's family
The article says, "Furthermore, Hastings' family does not believe Michael was assassinated..."

It is incorrect to say that, since his wife believes he was assassinated: "The wife of Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings, who was killed in what many people believe was a suspicious car crash last week, has vowed to “take down whoever did this." beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/06/michael-hastings-wife-vows-to-take-down-whoever-did-this-2693622.html His friend Staff Sergeant Joseph Biggs defiantly does not think its an accident and has discussed this on different media outlets.

Also Hasting's body was cremated, even though his family did not request this. The wife has hired a private investigator.2 --Jane955 (talk) 08:15, 28 July 2013 (UTC)


 * The statement is correct as far as the source is concerned.  -Jord gette  [talk]  09:05, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Wiki is a summary of different articles and they are implying that the whole family does not question this accident, which is completely false. The wife has even hired a private investigator. They could write 'The parents believe....and the wife believes.....'

Any way, I agree with your previous comment. There is a problem with what they wrote, about the explosion prior to the impact. On TYT (if the translation is correct) a witness named Jose said that there were only flames & sparks before the car hit the tree. He talks about explosions after the car hit the tree. The Wiki article gives this link 6CW(or Reference #43 on the article page), which tells a completely different story. They write, 'An eyewitness at the scene, Jose, employed at nearby business ALSCO Inc said, the car was travelling very fast and he heard a couple explosions shortly before the car crashed.' If the first translation is correct, then what they wrote in the article is incorrect. --Jane955 (talk) 13:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)