The most important stories are often the ones that powerful ... - Seymour Hersh

"The most important stories are often the ones that powerful people want suppressed."

Seymour Hersh Power

Investigative Journalist American Born 1937 (age 89)

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"The main stream media has the power to make or break political careers."

"I'm a journalist. My job is to tell the truth."

"The one thing that scares me is the concentration of power."

"Lying is done with words, and also with silence."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."