seymour hersh

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Definition of seymour hersh in English English dictionary

born April 8, 1937, Chicago, Ill., U.S. U.S. journalist. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1954. He began his journalistic career in 1959 as a police reporter, and he later worked for UPI and The New York Times and as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His report on the My Lai incident won him a 1970 Pulitzer Prize; he also wrote about domestic spying by the CIA and produced many other investigative reports. His The Dark Side of Camelot (1997) was a controversial, negative look at John F. Kennedy; Against All Enemies (1998) discussed the ailments suffered by Persian Gulf War veterans

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Seymour Myron Hersh

born April 8, 1937, Chicago, Ill., U.S. U.S. journalist. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1954. He began his journalistic career in 1959 as a police reporter, and he later worked for UPI and The New York Times and as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His report on the My Lai incident won him a 1970 Pulitzer Prize; he also wrote about domestic spying by the CIA and produced many other investigative reports. His The Dark Side of Camelot (1997) was a controversial, negative look at John F. Kennedy; Against All Enemies (1998) discussed the ailments suffered by Persian Gulf War veterans

Hyphenation

Sey·mour Hersh

Turkish pronunciation

simôr hırş

Pronunciation

/ˈsēmôr ˈhərsʜ/ /ˈsiːmɔːr ˈhɜrʃ/