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This journalist uncovered America’s greatest abuses. Could he do the same today?

JL;DR SUMMARY Laura Poitras' documentary "Cover-Up" explores the investigative career of Seymour Hersh, the Pulitzer-winning journalist recognized for exposing significant government misconduct, such as the My Lai massacre, Watergate, and Abu Ghraib. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaJournalistic IntegrityInvestigative JournalismPhotojournalismSeymour HershWatergateMedia AccountabilityMy Lai MassacreLaura PoitrasAbu Ghraib

Places mentioned

Havana, Florida, United States
"Another caller into one of Hershs C-SPAN interviews accuses the journalist of being a communist and suggests he be shipped off to Havana."
Southern District, Israel
"Internationally, with Israels refusal to let foreign journalists into Gaza independently, the press has felt stifled."
Vietnam
"It dives into the stories behind some of Hershs most notable scoops: the cover-up of the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, the hush money provided to the Watergate burglars, and the torture at Abu Ghraib."
Iraq
"But as more soldiers came forward and the visual evidence mounted, the atrocities were undeniable. Similarly, Hersh argues the photographic evidence was the only reason his reports on Abu Ghraib were taken seriously."

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