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Seymour Hersh says he's sullen and worried, but not leaving the U.S.
Poynter/Wash Post ^ | 11/4/04

Posted on 11/04/2004 1:39:45 PM PST by Cableguy

"Leave America, and leave it to them? No way. Got to slug it out," Seymour Hersh says in a chat. He's asked why the news media "isn't making more of a stink" about the secretive White House. His reply: "The major media have been part of the problem since 9-11, merely because they have far too often taken the president's public utterances at face value. There also is a terrific unwillingness, perhaps understandable (though not by me), to make a moral judgment about a president's policies. There are plenty of people on the inside who are worried about the policies, especially among military guys, and I'm sure their views will increasingly become known."

Full online chat at Wash Post: Link


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kerrydefeat; seymorhersh

1 posted on 11/04/2004 1:39:46 PM PST by Cableguy
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To: Cableguy

Heh. His Abu Grhaibe prison scandal failed to propel a Donk into the presidency. ESAD Seymour!


2 posted on 11/04/2004 1:41:37 PM PST by dennisw (Gd - against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: Cableguy

Hey Seymore, how about making a stink about the Reporters and Journalists inside the Kerry Campaign who saw how disorganized he is, how lost and confused his platform was, and who saw all the various backstabbing during these last 6 months but never reported on it?


3 posted on 11/04/2004 1:44:10 PM PST by theDentist (Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pyjama-Hadeen")
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To: Cableguy

Michael Moore of the Printed word


4 posted on 11/04/2004 1:44:18 PM PST by jbwbubba (Will we be a nation based on hate or Faith)
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To: jbwbubba
Michael Moore of the Printed word

great line!

5 posted on 11/04/2004 1:48:47 PM PST by WoodstockCat (DNC and John Kerry: Forgers R' Us)
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To: Cableguy
Ever since Watergate, the dream of every political journalist has been to bring down a presidency.

It is the ultimate feather in the cap.

Mr. Hersh was not able to Woodward and Bernstein the President with Abu Ghraib and he is literally beside himself with rage.

6 posted on 11/04/2004 1:50:48 PM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: Cableguy

Hit the road Sy!


7 posted on 11/04/2004 1:58:57 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Cableguy

Seymour who?


8 posted on 11/04/2004 1:59:40 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: Cableguy
"...merely because they have far too often taken the president's public utterances at face value. There also is a terrific unwillingness, perhaps understandable (though not by me), to make a moral judgment about a president's policies."

Is this guy advocating making every news piece an editorial?

APf

9 posted on 11/04/2004 2:05:26 PM PST by APFel (I have no tagline.)
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To: Cableguy

"Moores" the pity.


10 posted on 11/04/2004 2:06:26 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Cableguy

Oh, come on, Seymour. You'll love it in North Korea.


11 posted on 11/04/2004 2:19:24 PM PST by Savage Beast (9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President Bush.)
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To: Cableguy

Actually, Hersh is quoting an unnamed source...


12 posted on 11/04/2004 2:22:44 PM PST by LRS
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To: CWOJackson

Seymoore Butts.


13 posted on 11/04/2004 2:25:14 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
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To: Cableguy
Interesting. This is the second or third time I have seen "the secretive White House" in print today. Is that the new buzz word / line of attack?

Gum

14 posted on 11/04/2004 2:28:30 PM PST by ChewedGum (aka King of Fools)
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To: wideawake

Hersh (then at the NYT) first reported on Watergate and was even more critical to the unraveling of the scandal than Woodward and Bernstein. Ever since then, he has been living in the shadow of his earlier successes.


15 posted on 11/04/2004 2:42:02 PM PST by oblomov
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To: oblomov

You are, of course, correct. I had completely forgotten. I guess that's the story of his life.


16 posted on 11/04/2004 2:52:37 PM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: Cableguy

SHIT !


17 posted on 11/04/2004 4:38:59 PM PST by BIGZ
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