Seymour Hersh, in my experience, has been spot on with some of his reporting. He has excellent sources. He has published items which I had never expected to see without bright red TOP SECRET/CAVEATS stamped top and bottom of each page, and NOT in an open forum.
People here may not like WHAT Hersh is reporting about the war in Afghanistan. Does that also apply to his devastating expose of the Kennedy administration? The story may not be pleasant or palatable to some people. But to dismiss it as outright claptrap is wrong and ridiculous. Both sides are spinning their propoganda. They lie. We lie. So when reports come out next week that substantiate Hersh's reporting, will the naysayers and debunkers change their tune?
We're going to lose people. That's a fact. It doesn't make us weaker to accept the fact; we're only weaker when we fall under the sway of propoganda -- theirs or ours -- and refuse to listen to anyone who doesn't kowtow to those lines.
Keep reporting, Hersh. We may not like what's coming out. But better to be informed than to clap our ears shut and huddle in ignorance.