biography
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Pearson, (An)drew Russell
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1897–1969)
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| biography:
| Journalist, born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Working as the Baltimore Sun's Washington bureau chief, he was dismissed after being unmasked as an anonymous co-author of a political exposé, the Washington Merry-Go-Round (1931). He then began a syndicated ‘muckraking’ column of the same name, in partnership at first with the book's co-author, Robert Allen, and also carried on a popular radio show. The column was taken over after his death by Jack Anderson, its associate writer after 1947. |
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