“Editors are horrible”: Seymour Hersh at Brooklyn central library
Legendary journalist Seymour Hersh spoke at the Brooklyn central library last night, April 25.
He was discussing his new book The Killing of Osama bin Laden — among a variety of other issues.
The following are some highlights from his talk.
Legendary journalist Seymour Hersh speaking about his new book “The Killing of Osama bin Laden” at Brooklyn library pic.twitter.com/MWtI582Dd1
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 25, 2016
Seymour Hersh: “I wish Americans would read more of the international press, because there’s so much better reporting.”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 25, 2016
The US provided transport for another 250 Saudi-led coalition tanks into Yemen, Seymour Hersh says a source told him
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 25, 2016
Seymour Hersh jokingly called Dick Cheney “Darth Vader”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 25, 2016
Seymour Hersh: “MI6 kills people themselves but we hire people to do it; we’re much cleaner”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 26, 2016
Seymour Hersh: “I never wanted to be an editor; I think editors are horrible.”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 26, 2016
Seymour Hersh: In Vietnam, US “officers were promoted based on how many people they killed. It was wanton mass murder.”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 26, 2016
Seymour Hersh: If you took away the phrase “I think,” TV pundits “wouldn’t be able to say anything.”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 26, 2016
Seymour Hersh: “There are two Israels, the one that makes sense and the one that Bibi runs.”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 26, 2016
Seymour Hersh: “The Indians are much worse in Kashmir than the Pakistanis.”
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 26, 2016
Originally published at BenNorton.com on April 26, 2016.
