The Western Media Is Dying and Here’s Why
Seymour
Hersh has risked much over his decades of journalism. He is a true
journalist who has been attacked, slandered, and shunned by all sides
simply because he seems to resist taking any side.
When
he reported on US atrocities in Vietnam, he was first attacked and
denounced as a traitor or worse. In time, both the truth and Hersh were
vindicated and the importance of what he did as a journalist to both
inform the public and serve as a check and balance against the special
interests of ruling power were recognized with a Pultizer Prize.
he reported on US atrocities in Vietnam, he was first attacked and
denounced as a traitor or worse. In time, both the truth and Hersh were
vindicated and the importance of what he did as a journalist to both
inform the public and serve as a check and balance against the special
interests of ruling power were recognized with a Pultizer Prize.
In 2007, when he exposed the then Bush-administration’s plans to use the Muslim Brotherhood and militant groups linked to Al Qaeda to
overthrow the government of Syria – the result of which is unfolding
today – the New Yorker gladly welcomed his work as a message they
perceived would resonate well with liberal audiences.
overthrow the government of Syria – the result of which is unfolding
today – the New Yorker gladly welcomed his work as a message they
perceived would resonate well with liberal audiences.
But
then in 2013, when Hersh brought forward information contradicting the
West’s official narrative regarding a chemical attack on the outskirts
of Damascus, the New Yorker decided not to publish it. His report, “Whose Sarin?” instead found itself published in the London Review of Books.
then in 2013, when Hersh brought forward information contradicting the
West’s official narrative regarding a chemical attack on the outskirts
of Damascus, the New Yorker decided not to publish it. His report, “Whose Sarin?” instead found itself published in the London Review of Books.
The story of Hersh bringing this
information forward to the public and how the Western media attempted to
first discourage it, then bury it, before attempting to discredit both
the report and Hersh himself is a microcosm of the dying Western media.
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/09/28/the-western-media-is-dying-and-heres-why/
information forward to the public and how the Western media attempted to
first discourage it, then bury it, before attempting to discredit both
the report and Hersh himself is a microcosm of the dying Western media.
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/09/28/the-western-media-is-dying-and-heres-why/
