主题：【原创】茗谈(四十)-1 -- 本嘉明

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh contends the 2011 U.S. Navy Seals raid that resulted in the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden is “one big lie.”

“Not one word of it is true," Hersh told The Guardian newspaper in an interview meant to drum up publicity for his new book about national security.

"Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie,” the 76-year-old Hersh told The Guardian

“It’s pathetic, they are more than obsequious,” Hersh said of the American media. “They are afraid to pick on this guy (Obama).”

"It used to be when you were in a situation when something very dramatic happened, the president and the minions around the president had control of the narrative, you would pretty much know they would do the best they could to tell the story straight,” he said.

“Now that doesn't happen anymore. Now they take advantage of something like that and they work out how to re-elect the president.”

据英国《卫报》27日报道，一名曾获普利策奖的资深记者表示，美国官方提供的2011年射杀本·拉登行动的版本纯粹是一场大骗局。

76岁的西莫·赫许（Seymour Hersh）说，奥巴马政府有关射杀拉登的描述没有一句话是正确的。在接受英国《卫报》采访时，赫许批评美国媒体无论从国安局监控到无人机轰炸，再到攻打叙利亚等一系列问题上都没能挑战白宫。

1969年，赫许因揭露越南战争期间发生的米莱大屠杀在国际上名声鹊起，第二年获得普利策国际报道奖。

赫许表示，问题是美国媒体允许奥巴马政府说谎但不受到处罚。“这太可悲了，他们阿谀奉承，不敢指摘奥巴马。”

赫许称：“与我所能想到的相比，美国的媒体花费了更多时间为奥巴马奴颜婢膝地干活。”

在赫许看来，解决问题的办法就是关闭诸如美国全国广播公司(NBC)和美国广播公司(ABC)这样的电视公司及裁掉90%的主流编辑，用敢于向权力说真话的“真正的”记者来取代他们。

赫许说：“美国正处在麻烦之中，我们在所有的事情上都说谎，说谎已经成了家常便饭。”