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🗓️ 15 July 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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A new collection of work by the late investigative reporter Robert Parry, titled “American Dispatches,” chronicles the late journalist’s career, from his origins as a student activist to his later reporting on corruption and wrongdoing at the highest heights of government. Parry’s son Nat, who edited the book, joins Jon Schwarz to discuss his father’s life and work.
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| 0:32.0 | I'm John Schwartz, a writer at the Intercept, |
| 0:34.0 | filling in for Ryan Grimm on this week's episode of Deconstructed. |
| 0:38.0 | You may have heard the term a writer's writer, |
| 0:41.0 | which means an author who is especially appreciated |
| 0:43.0 | by other authors who understand what it takes to produce good work. |
| 0:46.0 | Robert Perry, who died in 2018, was a kind of reporter's reporter. |
| 0:51.0 | He brood huge stories, uncovered some truly stunning facts |
| 0:54.0 | about recent American political history, |
| 0:56.0 | but he was largely appreciated by other journalists |
| 0:59.0 | and did not get the attention he deserved from the world |
| 1:02.0 | for a very good reason. |
| 1:03.0 | Powerful people did not like what he reported |
| 1:06.0 | and were anxious to make sure that you, among lots of other people, |
| 1:10.0 | never heard about it. |
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