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Jack Anderson muckraker and editor of a powerful expose column
The interview traces Jack Andersons career from starting as a reporter in 1947 to owning the column in 1969 after Drex Pearson died. He describes assembling a staff of 16 reporters and an editor to produce daily columns. He recalls major investigations like Koreagate and Watergate and notes numerous threats and government pushback. He discusses relationships with presidents, edits, sources, and his Mormon faith shaping his journalism and muckraking stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Drew
Jack Anderson
Tongsun Park
South Korea
California
Tongson Park
Larry O’brien
Washington Post
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Bert Lance
Billy Carter
Atlanta
Senate Committee
Grand Jury
John Kennedy
John Kenedy
Chicago
Texas
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
White House
Bay of Pigs
The
New York Times
Ted Kennedy
Joint Chiefs
CIA
Tom Eagleton
Missouri Highway Patrol
Eagleton
Salt Lake
Henry Kissinger
Murray Chotiner
Jody Powell
Time
Newsweek
Washington
Ron Ziegler
Mormon Church
South