The columnist : leaks, lies, and libel in Drew Pearson's Washington
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021].
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
070.092 PEARSON RITCH
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070.092 PEARSON RITCH
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 367 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-353) and index.
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"In the Washington Merry-Go-Round, a nationally syndicated newspaper column that appeared in hundreds of papers from 1932 to 1969, as well as on weekly radio and television programs, the investigative journalist Drew Pearson revealed news that public officials tried to suppress. He disclosed policy disputes and political spats, exposed corruption, attacked bigotry, and promoted social justice. He pumped up some political careers and destroyed others. Presidents, prime ministers, and members of Congress repeatedly called him a liar, and he was sued for libel more often than any other journalist, but he won most of his cases by proving the accuracy of his charges. Pearson dismissed most official news as propaganda and devoted his column to reporting what officials were doing behind closed doors. He broke secrets-even in wartime-and revealed classified information. Fellow journalists credited him with knowing more dirt about more people in Washington than even the FBI and compared his efforts to Daniel Ellsberg with the Pentagon Papers or Edward Snowden with WikiLeaks, except that he did it daily. The Columnist examines how Pearson managed to uncover secrets so successfully and why government efforts to find his sources proved so unsuccessful. Drawing on a half century of archival evidence it assesses his contributions as a muckraker by verifying or refuting both his accusations and his accusers"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ritchie, D. A. (2021). The columnist: leaks, lies, and libel in Drew Pearson's Washington . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ritchie, Donald A., 1945-. 2021. The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ritchie, Donald A., 1945-. The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington Oxford University Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ritchie, Donald A. The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington Oxford University Press, 2021.
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