The media’s reaction to Seymour Hersh’s bin Laden scoop has been disgraceful

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57. Seems more than possible, yet….

…..his recent history of insisting (really insisting) a few years ago that the US was going to attack Iran "in the fall", "next month", "by the end of the year"—that never materialized. He had "reliable sources" then too.

Will always admire and trust him for his work on Mei Lai and Abu Ghraib—he rescued history, and was one of the greatest reporters in the world, but I wonder if something has gone off the rails in recent years.

His way of handling questions about this Bin Laden story is just weird. When asked about skating on thin "sourcing ice" —he yells, "Who cares?". When questioned further he yells, "boo-boo!".

Regardless, the story needs not to be dismissed. Needs to be investigated and probed all the more by other reporters. Regardless of the result of this probe——he's once again done what a reporter should do—by doubting the official story.

We should never, ever, take the official story at face value.