{"id":262,"date":"2015-05-15T20:33:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/15\/the-medias-reaction-to-seymour-hershs-bin-laden\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:25:13","slug":"the-medias-reaction-to-seymour-hershs-bin-laden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2015\/05\/15\/the-medias-reaction-to-seymour-hershs-bin-laden\/","title":{"rendered":"The media\u2019s reaction to Seymour Hersh\u2019s bin Laden scoop has been disgraceful – Columbia Journalism Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barrels of ink have been spilled ripping apart Hersh\u2019s character, while barely any follow-up reporting has been done to corroborate or refute his claims\u2014even though there\u2019s no doubt that the Obama administration has repeatedly misinformed and misled the public about the incident. Even less attention has been paid to the little follow-up reporting that we did get, which revealed that the CIA likely lied about its role in finding bin Laden, which it used to justify torture to the public.<\/p>\n

Hersh has attempted to force the media to ask questions about its role in covering a world-shaping event\u2014but it\u2019s clear the media has trouble asking such questions if the answers are not the ones they want to hear.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The media\u2019s reaction to Seymour Hersh\u2019s bin Laden scoop has been disgraceful – Columbia Journalism Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barrels of ink have been spilled ripping apart Hersh\u2019s character, while barely any follow-up reporting has been done to corroborate or refute his claims\u2014even though there\u2019s no doubt that the Obama administration has repeatedly misinformed and misled the public about … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1683,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/05\/11\/statement-from-the-family-of-osama-bin-laden\/","url_meta":{"origin":262,"position":0},"title":"Statement From the Family of Osama bin Laden","author":"aslam","date":"May 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesText of the statement\u2026.Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1699,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/05\/02\/jsoc-the-black-ops-force-that-took-down-bin-laden\/","url_meta":{"origin":262,"position":1},"title":"JSOC: The Black Ops Force That Took Down Bin Laden","author":"aslam","date":"May 2, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Jeremy Scahill writes: Both President Bush and President Obama have reserved the right for US forces to operate lethally and unilaterally in any country across the globe in pursuit of alleged high value terrorists. 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