[pulitzer prize]
2016 GAMECHANGER IDEAS FESTIVAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER
1970 Pulitzer Prize winner in International Reporting for his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist SEYMOUR HERSH has helped expose some of the biggest cover-ups of our time, from My Lai to Abu Ghraib. The legendary Sy Hersh deftly analyzes current US foreign policy and issues pertaining to military intelligence, national security, and the press. His work is a bracing reminder of the power of the press to challenge corruption and to hold accountable those who knowingly abuse power. New Yorker editor David Remnick calls him, “quite simply, the greatest investigative journalist of his era.” From the covert bombing of Cambodia, to Henry Kissinger’s authorization of the wiretapping of White House aides and newsmen, to the Bush administration’s use of “selective intelligence” to justify the war in Iraq—Hersh has often been first to break the most crucial stories of the modern era. His most recent report, “The Killing of Osama bin Laden” in the London Review of Books, contests the official narrative surrounding Osama bin Laden’s death. In addition to his Pulitzer Prize, Hersh has won the National Book Critics Circle Award and five George Polk Awards. His bestselling books include The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House, The Dark Side of Camelot, and, most recently, Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. In April 2016, his controversial book, The Killing of Osama bin Laden, based on his reports of the same name, was made available.
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