Journalist Hersh Shuns Fame for Stories

[Khephra]

NEW YORK -- Neither fame nor being hated has changed journalist Seymour Hersh. He answers his own phone -- on the second ring. And just as quickly rains a torrent of words down the receiver.

He'll talk about his stories, "but I am not talking about me anymore," he says, responding to a request for an interview. "I'm not Uriah Heep-ing it, but I'm still working. I owe the magazine that. I owe the magazine my stories."

He means Charles Dickens' hypocritically humble Uriah Heep. The magazine he is beholden to is The New Yorker. And the stories are a shattering series detailing the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers in a notorious jail called Abu Ghraib.

"Well, listen," he says, softening a bit, "I'll talk to you for a little while until the phone rings. Go ahead, ask me questions. I'll answer them as best I can, but I can't tell you everything because I'm still working on the story."

That should thrill the Pentagon.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-seymour-hersh,0,6607059.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

[Spazito]

1. Thanks for the link!

My admiration of Mr. Hersh continues to grow.

[JoFerret]

2. Keep on churning it out SH

....and thanks.

[Hand]

3. Well, he's a hero in my book...

I remember when he broke the My Lai story--and now he's taking down Chimpy singlehanded! Sy, you may have to live with fame!

:toast: :loveya: :yourock: :pals: :party:

[robbedvoter]

4. Neither fame nor being hated? How about being respected?

mediawhorse does it again!

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Hersh reminds me of Murrow...

...they way Murrow stood up to McCarthy at the height of the communist witch hunt.

When the media whores get you down, think of these two men and everything they've done for us... :teary-eyed:

Thank you, both!