Robert Parry (Journalist)
Vorlage:For Robert Parry is an American investigative journalist. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 for his work with the Associated Press.[1] In 1995, he established Consortium News as an online ezine dedicated to investigative journalism. From 2000 to 2004, he worked for the financial wire service Bloomberg.[2]
Major subjects of Parry's articles and reports on Consortium News include the presidency of George W. Bush[3], the career of Army general and Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell (with Norman Solomon)[4], the October Surprise controversy of the 1980 election [5], the Nicaraguan contra-cocaine investigation [6], the efforts to impeach President Clinton [7], right-wing terrorism in Latin America [8], the political influence of Sun Myung Moon[9], mainstream American media imbalance [10], United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates [11], as well as international stories [12].
Parry has written several books, including Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & "Project Truth." (1999) and Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq (2004).
Quote
After three decades as a Washington journalist, one lesson stands out almost above all others: false narratives get good people killed and, perhaps even worse, could sound the death knell for the great experiment known as the American Republic.[13]
External links
- Consortium News Website
- Lieberman and the neocons around McCain, Interview on the Real News Network.
References
- ↑ Polk Award Winners
- ↑ A Brief History of Consortium News ConsortiumNews.com
- ↑ Bush End Game '07-'08
- ↑ Behind Colin Powell's Legend
- ↑ The October Surprise Mystery
- ↑ Contra Crack Series
- ↑ Clinton Scandals
- ↑ Nazi Echoes
- ↑ The Dark Side of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
- ↑ Media in Crisis
- ↑ Who is Robert Gates?
- ↑ International
- ↑ Why We Write