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

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Long before Wikileaks and social media, the journalist Drew Pearson exposed to public view information that public officials tried not to reveal. A self-professed "keyhole peeper", Pearson devoted himself to determining what politicians were doing behind closed doors. From 1932 to 1969, his daily "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. Intelligence agents searched ...

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The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington 2021, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190067588

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