Investigative Journalist - Seymour Hersh
Are journalists still able to tell the truth to power? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who broke the story of the My Lai massacre.
Are journalists still able to tell the truth to power? On March 16th 1968 US soldiers committed a war crime during the Vietnam war. More than 500 men, women and children were systematically slaughtered in the village of May Lai. The terrible truth was exposed thanks to the work of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to him about a lifetime of reporting that has been punctuated by scoops, prizes and plentiful confrontations with the powers that be.
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- Fri 16 Mar 2018 00:06GMT大象传媒 World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
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