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New Documentary Reveals Seymour Hersh's Investigative Triumphs

12/20/2025

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Cover-Up profiles Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, chronicling his exposure of significant U.S. government cover-ups.
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus directed the Netflix documentary.
Cover-Up also highlights Hersh's reporting on U.S. events, including the My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
Cover-Up opens in New York on December 19, 2025, with streaming on Netflix beginning December 26, 2025.

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Story summary

Cover-Up profiles Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, chronicling his exposure of significant U.S. government cover-ups.
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus directed the Netflix documentary.
Cover-Up also highlights Hersh's reporting on U.S. events, including the My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
Cover-Up opens in New York on December 19, 2025, with streaming on Netflix beginning December 26, 2025.