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Seymour Hersh

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American investigative journalist (born 1937)

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Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. S.

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Dead civilians after the massacre in a photo by Ronald L. HaeberleDead civilians after the massacre in a photo by Ronald L. HaeberleHersh in Cairo in 2007Hersh in Cairo in 2007The infamous photo of a hooded Iraqi prisoner from Hersh's first article on the abuse, "Torture at Abu Ghraib"The infamous photo of a hooded Iraqi prisoner from Hersh's first article on the abuse, "Torture at Abu Ghraib"Hersh speaking at the Institute for Policy Studies in 2004Hersh speaking at the Institute for Policy Studies in 2004

In their own words 10

Seymour Hersh
said · Feb 16, 2023
Own words

First, many thanks for your interest in what the pipeline story was all about: a very dangerous Presidential decision. You are careful readers.

The Crap on the Wall, February 16, 2023

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Seymour Hersh
said · Feb 16, 2023
Own words

I’m an old hand at dropping bombshell stories that are based on the disclosures of sources I do not, and cannot, name.

The Crap on the Wall, February 16, 2023

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Seymour Hersh
said · Feb 16, 2023
Own words

There is a pattern to the response by the mainstream media.

The Crap on the Wall, February 16, 2023

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Awards 18

2017Sam Adams Award
2007Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Cultural and Political Journalism
2005Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien
2005Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting
2005Carey McWilliams Award
2004Orwell Award
2004LennonOno Grant for Peace
2004George Polk Award
1984The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
1983National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
1981George Polk Award
1975The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism
1974George Polk Award
1973George Polk Award
1970Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
1969Worth Bingham Prize
1969George Polk Award
James Aronson Award

Connected to Seymour 6

Anna PolitkovskayaAlso won Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Cultural and Political JournalismJohn Kenneth GalbraithAlso won The Hillman Prize for Book JournalismJohn KiriakouAlso won Sam Adams AwardNaomi KleinAlso won James Aronson AwardGlenn GreenwaldAlso won Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der MedienMichael PollanAlso won Orwell Award

About this person

Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. During the 1970s, Hersh covered the Watergate scandal for The New York Times, also reporting on the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia and the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) program of domestic spying. In 2004, he detailed the U.S. military's torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq for The New Yorker. Hersh has won five George Polk Awards and two National Magazine Awards. He is the author of 11 books, including The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (1983), an account of the career of Henry Kissinger that won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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Born 1937 · age 89
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