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Elise Jordan, Michael Hastings' Widow, Calls Geraldo Rivera A 'Sick Bastard'

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NEW YORK - JANUARY 19: Actress Jessica Alba, left, and Michael Hastings, discusses being a mom, an entrepreneur and dealing with the paparazzi on 'CBS THIS MORNING' (7:00 AM - 9:00 AM) today, January 19, 2012 on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Jeff Neira/CBS via Getty Images)

Michael Hastings' widow tore into Geraldo Rivera on Thursday morning after the Fox News host's insensitive tweet about the late journalist.

Hastings died on Tuesday; Rivera said his death was "tragic" but added, "hard to forget he destroyed career of 1 of our best fighting generals."

Many were outraged by the tweet. Among them was Elise Jordan, Hastings' widow. She did not hold back after Rivera sent a followup tweet deriding his critics:

Jordan has also challenged a New York Times obituary which she said mischaracterized the fallout from Hastings' landmark article about Stanley McChrystal.

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