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John Herbers

An Indefatigable Investigative Reporter

Seymour Hersh ‘still comes through as an outsider hungry for the latest scraps of news.’
March 15, 2005

He Displeased His Bosses, Not to Mention Those He Covered

Daniel Schorr writes about his tempestuous career as a reporter.
September 15, 2001

1962: The Reporter in the Deep South

[This article originally appeared in the April 1962 issue of Nieman Reports.]In “Absolom, Absolom!,” one of William Faulkner’s great Gothic novels of Yoknapatawpha county, Quinten Compson goes to Harvard and…
December 15, 1999

Deploring the State of Beltway Journalism

Spin Cycle: How the White House and the Media Manipulate the NewsHoward KurtzTouchstone. 327 Pages. $14 pb.Those looking for a balanced, critical appraisal of press performance in the Monica Lewinsky…
December 15, 1998

Editors Without Backbone

They Are Responsible for Letting Rumors Run Amuck In Coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky Story
March 15, 1998