Chris Hedges: Journalism Should Be About Truth, Not Career
On Reality Asserts Itself, Chris Hedges tells Paul Jay about his criticism of the Iraq War and the events that led to him leaving the New York Times - "great reporters care about truth more than they do about news." (Part 2 of 7)
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