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StephanieVanbryce

12/29/10 3:10 PM

#121695 RE: wall_rus #121662

SETTLED...he's a hero ...;) ..I will say this -

.......I most always read him, I believe most of us do. My only criticism is that at times and only to me, he
is a bit OVER the top.......but then when you think about it we all are, at times.

The subjects he picks ARE important and to me, emotional. He does make me react .. NEVER leaves me cold ...;)


"I have always sought to meet the moral and ethical standards my father set. He remains an invisible witness to every action I undertake. Seven years after he had died in 2002 I was called into the office of The New York Times. I had been speaking openly against the Iraq war and the paper issued me a written reprimand telling me that if I did not cease speaking out against the war I would be fired. It was not an easy moment. I had spent nearly fifteen years at the paper, including time as the paper’s Middle East Bureau Chief. I faced a choice. I could comply with the paper’s demand and pay fealty to my career, but to do so would mean betraying my Dad. This betrayal was something I could not do. As I left the building, knowing my time at the paper was finished, I realized that the greatest gift my father had given me was freedom".


The Wall Street Journal ran an editorial which denounced his anti-war stance and the New York Times issued a formal reprimand which required that Hedges cease speaking about the war. The reprimand condemned his remarks as undermining the paper’s impartiality. Hedges resigned not long afterwards and became a senior fellow at the Nation Institute.

http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Chris_Hedges.php