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Drew Pearson

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(investigative journalist)
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BornAndrew Russell Pearson
December 13, 1897
Evanston, Illinois, US
DiedSeptember 1, 1969 (Age 71)
Rockville, Maryland, US
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy, Swarthmore College
Parents • Paul Martin Pearson
• (father)
• Edna Wolfe (mother)

Andrew Russell 'Drew' Pearson was an American columnist, noted for his syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round", which often had inside information of the goings on in Washington.


Chalmers Roberts of the Washington Post wrote “Drew Pearson was a muckraker with a Quaker conscience. In print he sounded fierce; in life he was gentle, even courtly. For thirty-eight years he did more than any man to keep the national capital honest."”[citation needed]

 

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Operation Mockingbird1950Operation Mockingbird is a CIA covert operation that began in the 1950s and is a continuing manipulation and control of the media by the CIA.
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