Hersh profiled by ‘media analyst’

In the Washington Post, which carries the usual biography of Hersh’s career. He still remains the only reporter I’ve ever seen to be “pilloried” nationally for NOT reporting something that WASN’T true.

“A lot of Washington journalists act like hedge-trimmers or pruning shears,” says Time defense correspondent Mark Thompson. “Sy is a noisy, smoke-spewing chain saw — and a relentless stump-grinder, to boot.”