Seymour Hersh: "Don't Trust Washington On Iraq"

[kpete]

Hersh: Don't trust Washington on Iraq
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:07:05

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When the American government says the US is winning in Iraq and is not torturing prisoners, they are just words, Hersh told his audience of journalism students in Regina, Canada. "We are in real trouble (in Iraq)."

Pointing to the changes reporting has undergone since the Vietnam War, the award-winning journalist explained that reporters are now imbedded with troops who cloud their judgment and therefore do not touch the same kind of issues.

"It has led to a lot of lousy reporting," continued Hersh. "I don't think it is bad for a journalist to come back (from covering a war) and say it s***s."

Hersh said media outlets spread 'fake' news and suggested his audience resort to translations of local media sources when learning about issues concerning the Middle East.

more at:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=49193§ionid=3510203

[SteinbachMB]

1. Regina?

Is he doing a Canadian tour?

[Red Zelda]

6. Get some Roughrider shirts, eh!

[fasttense]

2. You can't win an occupation. You can only end it. n/t

[Echo In Light]

3. Correct. I sourced an oped earlier this week of the same title

[DFW]

4. Don't worry, I don't trust the Bush administration on Iraq

Or on anything else, for that matter.

[babylonsister]

5. Well that's a given. I don't trust them on anything. nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. It is interesting

that with the election coming up , and with two candidates wanting to pull the troops out and ONE warmonger, that they should start talking up this occupation , and telling up on noise TV that we can't possibly leave at such a "critical" time.

[LaurenG]

8. Right, I agree, I don't trust DC on anything

Wouldn't it be nice if some of the republican hawk types could realize this.