Will There Ever Be Another Seymour Hersh?

Will there ever be another Seymour Hersh?

In March 1968, American forces entered the Vietnamese village of My Lai. One of the soldiers who was there that day initially misinterpreted his orders. He’d been left in charge of a group of women and children and told, “You know what to do.” He thought he was being asked to keep an eye on them. A few minutes later, his lieutenant came back and asked why the villagers were still alive. Months later, whispers of the massacre reached a freelance …

A Bracing New Documentary on Seymour Hersh

By Maggie Turner A new Netflix documentary spotlights an unsung hero of print media: Seymour Hersh. And under an increasingly opaque political READ ON

Uncovering America’s Gravest Sins and Atrocities

Cover-Up is nothing less than a masterpiece about investigative reporting, co-directed by one of today’s greatest documentarians, Laura Poitras, who earned a Pulitzer and Academy Award for her reportage on NSA leaker Edward Snowden, featured in 2014’s Citizenfour. Following a screening of Cover-Up at the recent AFI Film Festival, Poitras described Cover-Up not as a […] The post Uncovering America’s Gravest Sins and Atrocities first appeared on C…

Telling Sy Hersh’s Story

A new documentary casts harsh light on government secrecy, failed media oversight, and public backlash.

Telling Sy Hersh’s Story -- A new documentary casts harsh light on government secrecy.

This story was first published in The Progressive magazine. The documentary “Cover-Up” premieres on Netflix on December 26th. Telling Sy Hersh’s Story A new documentary casts harsh light on government secrecy, failed media oversight, and public...

COVER-UP is a documentary film about an American hero: Seymour Hersh–a courageous and trusted investigative journalist.

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 ge…