Patrick Tyler

Patrick Tyler

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name = Patrick Tyler


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Washington Post 1979-1990
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Patrick E. Tyler is the chief correspondent for the "New York Times".CORRESPONDENT BIOGRAPHY. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/readersopinions/patrick-tyler-bio.html Readers' Opinions "Accessed on April 25, 2008"] He is the author of two books, including "".

Tyler studied journalism at the University of South Carolina, graduating in 1974. He worked in various newsrooms until 1979, when he was hired by the "Washington Post". While at the "Post" he wrote a story critical of then Mobil president William Tavoulareas. The story alleged that Tavoulareas had been guilty of nepotism [Triple Reverse. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963852,00.html "Time Magazine" (Mar. 23, 1987) "Accessed on April 24, 2008"] in installing his son as chairman. Mobil sued the "Washington Post" and secured a landmark 2 million dollar verdict. The verdict was later overturned by a panel of judges that included then Appellate Court judges Antonin Scalia and Kenneth Starr. [cite news
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date = April 1998
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] Tyler later praised the "Post", commenting "I had thought my career was over, and so their determination to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary was one of the most singular acts of editorial courage...that I had ever witnessed.” [cite news
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first = Scott
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date = 2002
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accessdate = 2008-04-25
] In 1986, he published his first book, "Running Critical", an expose of General Dynamics and the building of the USS Philadelphia. [cite book
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title = Running Critical
publisher = Harper and Row
date = 1986
location = New York
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isbn = 978-0-06-091441-7
] [ Review of Books "Military Affairs". 51, (2) (April, 1987), pp. 102-103]

Tyler continued to write for the "Post" until 1990, when he left to join the "New York Times". While at the "Times" he wrote his second book, "A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China: An Investigative History", which received the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2000. [List of Gebler Prize Winners. http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/gelber/Winners.shtml "Accessed on April 25, 2008"] He has served in various posts including as chief of the Moscow and Cairo news bureaus. He was promoted to chief correspondent in 2002.CORRESPONDENT BIOGRAPHY. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/readersopinions/patrick-tyler-bio.html Readers' Opinions "Accessed on April 25, 2008"]

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