Rolling Stones reporter banned from embed with troops after McChrystal fallout

Thanks to the Yahoo blog, The UpShot, for posting the story and video about a Rolling Stone reporter being banned from an embed.

"This is a symptom of, essentially, the war, and how the war is going," Hastings told "Today" host Meredith Vieira.

"June and July were the deadliest months that we've ever seen in the war in Afghanistan. The war has hit its all-time low in approval ratings," he observed. "So clearly, there's great concern in Washington about how the war is going and the response to this embed -- the response to me on this embed -- sort of indicates that."

You can watch the "Today" interview below.

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