- Robert Parry
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For the British MP, see Robert Parry (MP).
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 on the Iran-Contra story and uncovered Oliver North's involvement in it as a Washington-based correspondent for Newsweek.[1][2] In 1995, he established Consortium News as an online ezine dedicated to investigative journalism. From 2000 to 2004, he also worked for the financial wire service Bloomberg.[3]
Major subjects of Parry's articles and reports on Consortium News include the presidency of George W. Bush,[4] the career of Army general and Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell (with Norman Solomon),[5] the October Surprise controversy of the 1980 election,[6] the Nicaraguan contra-cocaine investigation,[7] the efforts to impeach President Clinton,[8] right-wing terrorism in Latin America,[9] the political influence of Sun Myung Moon,[10] mainstream American media imbalance,[11] United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates,[12] the presidency of Barack Obama,[13] the influence of Sarah Palin,[14] efforts to rewrite history[15] as well as international stories.[16]
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).
References
- ^ Parry's Thrust.Dan Kennedy, Salon.com
- ^ 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?
- ^ Age of Obama
- ^ The Sarah Palin Chronicles
- ^ America's Lost History
- ^ International
External links
- Consortium News
- Lieberman and the neocons around McCain, Interview on the Real News Network.
Categories:- American alternative journalists
- American investigative journalists
- American reporters and correspondents
- Critics of the Unification Church
- George Polk Award recipients
- Living people
- American journalist stubs
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