'If these claims were made about the Bush administration, we would elevate Hersh
as a hero'! You hit the nail on the head.
And in fact, we DID elevate Hersh as a hero when he revealed the torture and horrors that were going on in Abu Ghraib at the time, including the torture of women and children.
But at that time, it was Repubicans who attacked him, who called him a traitor, a liberal and a liar.
I remember seeing an interview with him on MSNBC around that time, btw, he turned out to be NONE OF the above when thankfully a Whistle Blower provided the evidence in the form of pictures, of what he had said, and we have not seen the worst of those photos yet.
Now the PTBs have the Left doing what the Right did when Hersh was reporting on the other 'team'.
So my tendency is to lean more towards those who have a proven record of giving us the facts over any politician and to avoid becoming what we once despised, so invested in a politician that we become blind to the facts.