Whistleblower Ronald Ridenhour

Seymour Hersh Exposes My Lai Massacre Cover-Up After Army Conceals Atrocity for 20 Months - Wins Pulitzer Prize

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Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh publishes explosive revelations about the My Lai massacre through Dispatch News Service after both Life and Look magazines refuse the story. Hersh’s investigation begins when he receives a tip on October 22, 1969 about a soldier being court-martialed at …

Journalist Seymour Hersh Whistleblower Ronald Ridenhour Lieutenant William Calley U.S. Army Dispatch News Service whistleblowing government-deception war-crimes institutional-corruption investigative-journalism
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