A surname.
Used in a Sentence
hersh
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hersh.
Editorial note
The point is, this is not a criticism of Hersh per se, except in that he gives this one anonymous source too much credit.
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Quick take
A surname.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hersh gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hersh.
noun
A surname.
Example sentences
The point is, this is not a criticism of Hersh per se, except in that he gives this one anonymous source too much credit.
The story is much more convoluted than Seymour Hersh believes.
The comment you replied to wasn't claiming anything sinister about Opus Dei, that honor goes to Hersh himself.
Seymour Hersh was instrumental in bringing the CIA spying revelations to the public view then.
> The point is, this is not a criticism of Hersh per se, except in that he gives this one anonymous source too much credit.
I thought Hersh made a great point when he was on On the Media last week.
Essentially what Hersh is saying is that two American allies would have had to have known Bin Laden's location for years without the US discovering it.
I'd say it's the interviewer who comes off as a disrespectful idiot in the article and Hersh even calls him out on it.
>I thought Hersh made a great point when he was on On the Media last week.
So either the media has to admit that they, as a whole, massively screwed up the story (not unlike the WMD stuff) or they can just attack Hersh and not seem to lose any credibility.
> As a simple example, which Hersh himself stated in this fascinating On The Media interview, how many people knew about the Bush administration’s manipulation of intelligence before the Iraq war?
Quote examples
Hersh never made the claim which you put "in quotes".
On the other hand the implied story "Opus Dei secretly in control of (or heavily influencing) America's special operations arm" would be news, Sy Hersh-winning-a-Pulitzer kind of news...
Wrapping "exclusively anonymous sources are bad" as a criticism in with "Sy Hersh is an unreliable jerk" is also an argument in bad faith.
At the very end, the interviewer seems like he's trying to catch Hersh up in some kind of logical error regarding the venue question ("I feel like you are telling me two different things.") And then it's over.
Proper noun examples
The article is an unambiguous criticism of the media reaction to Hersh's article.
Besides which, if your interpretation of Hersh's comments were true then they simply wouldn't be news at all.
It's a different story for how the media handles things in the face of Hersh's expose, though.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hersh in a sentence?
The point is, this is not a criticism of Hersh per se, except in that he gives this one anonymous source too much credit.
What does hersh mean?
A surname.
What part of speech is hersh?
hersh is commonly used as noun.