Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh has been the most important, famous, and controversial journalist in the United States for the last forty years. From his exposé of the My Lai massacre in 1969 to his revelations about torture at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004, Hersh has consistently captured the public imagination, spurred policymakers to reform, and drawn the ire of presidents.   From the streets of Chicago to the newsrooms of the most powerful newspapers and magazines in the United States, Seymour Hersh tel