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Just flagged this in the hopes that you'll reconsider. It's no secret that Hersh's work has become increasingly suspect in recent years. Every time he writes,
by kstenerud 4y ago
Just flagged this in the hopes that you'll reconsider.
It's no secret that Hersh's work has become increasingly suspect in recent years. Every time he writes, he cites a single anonymous source and yet manages to go into an implausible level of detail and completeness with neatly tied up loose ends you'd only expect to find in a Tom Clancy novel. The only reason this story has been rescued from the dustbin is due to Hersh's (old) reputation, which though well earned, shouldn't just give him a pass.
https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-grenier-reflects-on-seymour-hershs-osama-bin-laden-theory-2015-5?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-grenier-reflects-on-s...
https://www.vox.com/2015/12/21/10634002/seymour-hersh-syria-joint-chiefs https://www.vox.com/2015/12/21/10634002/seymour-hersh-syria-...
- hef19898 4y agoYeah, instead of blog posts Hersh should write spy thrillers in tje tradition of the early Tom Clancy works. I would even pay for those, I like the setting and the narrative Hersh oresented in this blog, and the writing, are compelling and good. For a fictional book, not for journalism.
- pasquinelli 4y agosuch an odd thing how so many people are likening to tom clancy. are these people comparing notes?
- _djo_ 4y agoClancy is far and away the most famous and notable writer of this kind of stuff though, and the name that would have come to me first too if I wanted to make a similar point. He had a lock on the genre like nobody else before or since.
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- subsistence234 4y agonot only on hackernews, also on reddit and twitter. all following a similar script.
- MickerNews 4y agoAre you saying you doubt that the US did this? Seriously? Do you have an alternative theory?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoCiting Businessinsider and Vox really doesn't help the credibility of your claims.