Parry, Robert, 1949-
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Name (Latin)
Parry, Robert, 1949-
Date of birth
1949-06-24
Date of death
2018-01-27
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 06-24-49
journalist with Newsweek
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Sources of Information
- Trick or treason, 1993
Wikipedia description:
Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018) was an American investigative journalist. He was known for his role in covering the Iran–Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including breaking the Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (CIA manual provided to the Nicaraguan contras) and the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking in the U.S. scandal in 1985. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of Consortium News (consortiumnews.com) from 1995 until his death in 2018.
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