Hersh did NOT say Bhutto killed by Cheney death squad...

Talk about bad reporting, a good many publications reported this rumor as news:

In a telephone conversation with RAW STORY, Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh refuted reports that he told an Arab television network former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Numerous Internet and mainstream publications picked up the story on Monday. Even The Wall Street Journal linked to unverified sources carrying the story. (Screenshot.) U.S. conservative magazine The American Spectator also published a blog with the false information. (Screenshot.)

Hersh told RAW STORY Investigative News Editor Larisa Alexandrovna that he made no such statements.

“We’ve tried to reach out to people in the media that we know and correct this,” said Alexa Cassanos, director of public relations at The New Yorker, during a phone conversation. “We’re not even sure where this came from.”

Web sites which appear to be based in India and Pakistan reported that Hersh made the allegation during an interview with “an Arab television channel.” Outlets which reported this include thenation.com.pk (no affiliation with U.S. news magazine The Nation), webindia123.com, thaindian.com and dawn.com.

I talked to Hersh. Webster talked to The New Yorker. Plus RS reviewed the footage from the alleged interview. Nope, Hersh does not even mention Bhutto in that interview.