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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry Obama, those who sodomized Iraqi boys in front of their mothers, are NOT patriots [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,164 posts)From your first article:
"Sy is willing to tell a story thats not quite right, in order to convey a Larger Truth. Sometimes I change events, dates, and places in a certain way to protect people, Hersh told me. I cant fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say.
This method is part of a long tradition in journalism. His "lies" are only in altering smaller details to protect the greater story. Stories that he has found out by an anonymous (of course) source, but which he knows he has no actual proof other than the eye witness that won't come forward for fear of retribution.
Obviously putting unsubstantiated charges in print would be more legally risky than saying what he knows in speeches on campuses using coded names and places.
It bolls down to whether you believe a decorated journalist, and accept that he cannot always reveal his sources or details of a story....or you don't.