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Charles Lewis (1) (1953–2021)

Author of The Buying of the President 2004

For other authors named Charles Lewis, see the disambiguation page.

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Birthdate
1953-10-30
Date of death
2021-03
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Education
University of Delaware (BA, Political Science)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Occupations
journalist
Organizations
Center for Public Integrity
American University (Investigative Reporting Workshop)
ABC News
CBS News
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Awards and honors
MacArthur Fellowship (1998)
Short biography
[from American University website]
Charles Lewis is a national investigative journalist, a former ABC News and CBS News 60 Minutes producer, a best-selling author or co-author of six books and the founder of two Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organizations, the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Named as “one of the most notable investigative reporters in the U.S. since World War I” by the Encyclopedia of Journalism (2009), he has been a Ferris Professor at Princeton University, a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard University, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. A MacArthur Fellow, winner of the PEN USA First Amendment Award (2004), and awarded the I. F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in 2018, he is the founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and a tenured professor at American University in Washington. His most recent book is 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral Integrity (2014).

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Interesting book about how the American People are constantly told lies by the government and corporations. The author discusses the impact on "truth telling" that has come about due to the reduction in the number of newspapers and the fact that news media companies have gone public and must keep their stock holders satisfied. The book title, "935 Lies," refers to the number of lies about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction told by President George W. Bush and his advisors, Powell, Rumsfield, Fleischer, Wolfowitz, Rice, Cheney, and McClellan from September 2001 to September 2003.… (more)
 
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MrDickie | Sep 5, 2016 |
Everyone was 'on the take' - sometimes from the same funding sources, despite their competing political parties
 
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vegetarian | Jan 30, 2013 |
A thorough look in depth at the controlling commercial interests that dominate American health care.
 
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CIJ | 1 other review | Jan 8, 2009 |
This is a great book for anyone that wants to see all of the special interest money that is funneled through the various presidential campaigns.
 
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tetchechury | 1 other review | Apr 3, 2007 |

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Works
7
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300
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Rating
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ISBNs
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