(PDF/ePub) The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington Writen By Donald A Ritchie

The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington

By : Donald A Ritchie

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Long before Wikileaks and social media, the journalist Drew Pearson exposed to public view information that public officials tried to keep hidden. A self-professed keyhole peeper, Pearson devoted himself to revealing what politicians were doing behind closed doors. From 1932 to 1969, hisdaily Washington Merry-Go-Round column and weekly radio and TV commentary broke secrets, revealed classified information, and passed along rumors based on sources high and low in the federal government, while intelligence agents searched fruitlessly for his sources.For forty years, this syndicated columnist and radio and television commentator called public officials to account and forced them to confront the facts. Pearson's daily column, published in more than 600 newspapers, and his weekly radio and television commentaries led to the censure of two USsenators, sent four members of the House to prison, and undermined numerous political careers. Every president from Franklin Roosevelt to Richard

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Author : Donald A Ritchie

Pages : 384 pages

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

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ISBN-10 : 0190067586

ISBN-13 : 9780190067588

 

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