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KoKo

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4. He's not going to give away all his sources...he just wants that one to verify.

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #1)

Mon May 11, 2015, 07:36 PM

May 2015

How many WaPo and NYT and Other "Newspapers of Record" use "Unidentified Sources in their reporting these days? How often are THEY QUESTIONED? They aren't ....yet the story is taken as truth depending on which side one is on.

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'ATTACK THE MESSENGER' — Seymour Hersh defends his blockbuster bin Laden story [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2015 OP

When "the messenger" ... NanceGreggs May 2015 #1

He's not going to give away all his sources...he just wants that one to verify. KoKo May 2015 #4

pretty easy to clear this up...show the video imnew May 2015 #7

Proving Hersh wrong would seem to an easy thing to do gratuitous May 2015 #13

Did you read the story? It wasn't anonymous sources he talked to - Hestia May 2015 #11

A source that cannot ... NanceGreggs May 2015 #12

Attack the messenger? He doesn't have to reveal his anonymous sources and we do not Thinkingabout May 2015 #2

attack his evidence, artack his sources but don't attack him nt arely staircase May 2015 #3

Why not? OilemFirchen May 2015 #8

when his main (Pakistani) source is all he has as evidence to back up his claims bigtree May 2015 #5

I haven't seen people attacking the messenger to refute the story Renew Deal May 2015 #6

In retrospect, I'll give Sy credit where it's due. OilemFirchen May 2015 #9

Pitiful alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #10

Hersh is just whining that people are making substantive geek tragedy May 2015 #14