INVESTIGATINGIntelligenceNetflix released 'Cover-Up,' a documentary about investigative journalist Seymour Hersh who exposed the My Lai massacre, Watergate's deeper layers, domestic espionage, and Abu Ghraib torture. The film documents how institutions systematically buried evidence of their crimes.
“Netflix released 'Cover-Up,' a documentary about investigative journalist Seymour Hersh who exposed the My Lai massacre, Watergate's deeper layers, CIA domestic espionage, and Abu Ghraib torture. The film documents how institutions systematically buried evidence of their crimes.”
Seymour Hersh has been proving "they knew" for longer than most of us have been alive. Netflix's documentary Cover-Up tracks his career of exposing institutional violence that governments desperately wanted buried.
My Lai, 1969: Hersh revealed that US soldiers massacred between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians. The Army had covered it up. Watergate: Hersh's reporting went deeper than the break-in, exposing the intelligence community's role. CIA domestic spying: His 1974 exposé led directly to the Church Committee investigations. Abu Ghraib: Hersh broke the story of systematic torture at the Iraqi prison.
Every time, the pattern was identical. The government knew. The military knew. The intelligence agencies knew. And they all lied about it until a journalist with sources forced the truth into the open. The IDFA Film Festival described the documentary as exposing "institutional violence" spanning decades.
In an era of information overload and trust collapse, Hersh's career is a master class in how cover-ups work — and how they eventually fail. Every conspiracy he exposed was dismissed as "irresponsible journalism" before it became accepted history.
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