Sy Hersh and the Wizard of Oz

Sy Hersh and the Wizard of Oz

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Sy Hersh has seen it all. So, it’s worth paying attention to what the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist had to say when he received the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Jornalism at Harvard University on March 11th:

“…I think it’s a very tough time for us in Washington. I’ve been around, let’s see, 35 or so years. I make the joke that I haven’t been so afraid since I watched “The Wizard of Oz” with my six-year old daughter. These guys scare me. They’re insulated. They’re tough to get to….I’ve never seen my peers as frightened as they are….There is no real standard anymore of integrity and truth because the White House doesn’t have any, and so we’re all left on our own to sort of stagger around and try to figure out what’s going on. He is the president, and he does have the power to send our children to commit murder in the name of democracy, and we respect that, we do, but a real crisis is coming, and I can tell you I wish there was better reporting out of Washington. I know how hard it is. I know how tough it is.”

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