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The columnist : leaks, lies, and libel in Drew Pearson's Washington / Donald A. Ritchie.

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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 po...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Pearson, Drew, > 1897-1969.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Journalists.
Politics and government.
United States.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the man who broke secrets
  • Launching the column
  • Nothing to fear
  • Breaking secrets in wartime
  • Drew Pearson's leg men
  • Just mild about Harry
  • The case against Congress
  • Battling McCarthyism
  • Disliking Ike
  • Between Kennedy and Khrushchev
  • Lyndon's lackey?
  • Prisoner of the "merry-go-round"
  • Epilogue: a muckraker's legacy.

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