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Seymour Hersh, a Rare card
Seymour Myron Hersh is an American investigative journalist and political writer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 490,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Seymour Hersh quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Seymour Hersh card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2004, he detailed the U.S. military's torture and abuse of ______ at Abu Ghraib in Iraq for The New Yorker.
Answer
prisoners. In 2004, he detailed the U.S. military's torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq for The New Yorker. From the Seymour Hersh article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
During the ____s, Hersh covered the Watergate scandal for The New York Times, also reporting on the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia and the Central Intelligence Agency's program of domestic spying.
Answer
1970s. During the 1970s, Hersh covered the Watergate scandal for The New York Times, also reporting on the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia and the Central Intelligence Agency's program of domestic spying. From the Seymour Hersh article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Karol Nawrocki. Karol Nawrocki 93 · Seymour Hersh 88 · Islamabad 85 · Baklava 80 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
- During the 1970s, Hersh covered the Watergate scandal for The New York Times, also reporting on the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia and the Central Intelligence Agency's program of domestic spying.
- In 2004, he detailed the U.S. military's torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq for The New Yorker.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Seymour Hersh article was read about 490,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Seymour Hersh (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Giorgio Montersino from Milan, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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