Seymour Hersh on muckraking's fate

Seymour Hersh by Institute for Policy Studies [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

More than 40 years after uncovering the My Lai massacre, Seymour Hersh reflects on that story and the future of investigative reporting: "The mainstream press is driving itself out of business and it’s probably going to be okay, because some of the younger stuff, once they get their feet on the ground and get a little more money, a little more success, a little more security, and a little more confidence, they’ll fill the gap. I’m talking about the BuzzFeeds. Gawker."