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Abu Ghraib happened, and My Lai happened, and Hersh was first who brought these two stories to light. Neither were some giant secrets, and were previously dism
by baybal2 4y ago
Abu Ghraib happened, and My Lai happened, and Hersh was first who brought these two stories to light.
Neither were some giant secrets, and were previously dismissed as unsubstantiated rumour. Hersh collected enough factoids together to substantiate them enough to become a news story, rather than a military legend.
- ceejayoz 4y ago> Hersh was first who brought these two stories to light. Yes, but critically, also not the last. Other journalists corroborated, more sources came forward, evidence, hearings, photographs, convictions.
- jessaustin 4y agoSimilarly, we'll learn more about this operation over the next years, unless of course we get the species-ending nuclear holocaust that some appear to desire.
- macintux 4y agoAbu Ghraib was broken by multiple people prior to Hersh, as best as I can tell. Most notably the AP in 2003, a year prior to Hersh's reporting. 60 minutes covered the Taguba report before Hersh's article was published online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisone...
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- torstenvl 4y agoHersh was emphatically not the first to bring My Lai to light. Hugh Thompson reported the incident, and although it was initially swept under the rug by lower-level commanders, it wasn't until after Calley was charged (Sept 1969) that Hersh reported on it (Nov 1969). He deserves credit for his excellent, Pulitzer Prize-winning work covering My Lai. But to my knowledge he has never once been the first to report on a scandal and been right about it.