Current photo of Seymour Hersh.
Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor Blogfinger.net.
Seymour Hersh has been at work for many years as a mostly independent investigative journalist who has exposed cover-ups spanning from the 1960’s to now. He has written articles and books revealing truths about important hidden news stories not only here, but all over the world. And he has been courageous in exposing wrongdoing by world leaders, presidents, trusted generals, soldiers, and public officials.
He has been successful because he is known as someone who will seek truths from sources, informants, and leakers who actually witnessed their facts and who have trusted him to protect their identities and their secrets. They have provided him with actual materials such as letters, original papers, quotes.and photographs to help him document his exposés.
He has piles of legal pads with his notes scrawled and kept for years. “Si” is trusted as a reporter, and he has been a person that sources are willing to use to tell their stories with honesty; sometimes for many years.
He is now 88 years old and he has finally been willing to tell his insider stories to those documentary reporters who have interviewed him for this important revelatory film.
For this documentary he admits that will finally reveal much about what he has done in his career, and he also admits that he “wasn’t perfect.”
His well documented and courageous writings have appeared in many trusted places such as major newspapers, magazines such as the New Yorker, and his 11 books as well as foreign major news sources.
He is known for bringing startling confidential information to the public. He was on the staff of the New York Times for years, but mostly he has worked as a freelancer. Some of his topics are about wrongdoing by trusted Americans. He has won a Pulitzer Prize and many other journalism awards.
The dedication for this film says. “Dedicated to all those killed and denied justice.” The pursuit of justice has been his main motivation for all these years.
Here is a list of some of the topics which have made. him famous and are found in this movie : Watergate , MyLai massacre(Vietnam,) Abu Ghraib (Iraq War torture prison. ,) JFK’s affair with Marilyn Monroe, Kissinger’s roll in the White House, Nixon, lying generals, civil war in Syria, poison nerve gas used in some military actions,, CIA lies and violations of the Constitution.
If you love insights about such important news exposés then watch this documentary on Netflix—it’s free.
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