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Prime Time and Misdemeanors : Investigating the 1950s TV Quiz Scandal A D.A.'s Account /
Memories, notes and records in his possession, and original research on many aspects of quiz show rigging which eluded scrutiny by the press and congressional investigators. It rescues from obscurity an affair which, in the shadow of the Iran-Contra affair, Watergate, and other great political scand...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Mere Entertainment?
- pt. I. Scandal. Ch. 1. Connecting the Dots. Ch. 2. "I'm Perfectly Willing to Need Help" Ch. 3. Straws in the Wind
- pt. II. Diligently Inquire ... CH. 4. The People against John Doe. Ch. 5. The People against Richard Roe. Ch. 6. The Two-Witness Rule. Ch. 7. The People against Albert Freedman. Ch. 8. The $64,000 Empire
- pt. III. ... And True Presentment Make. Ch. 9. Shaking the Tree. Ch. 10. The People against Peter Poe. Ch. 11. Recantations
- pt. IV. National Fraud. Ch. 12. Congress in the Act. Ch. 13. Washington Circus. Ch. 14. Intermission. Ch. 15. Second Round
- pt. V.A Change of Circumstances. CH. 16. Mass Perjury. Ch. 17. Second Grand Jury. Ch. 18. The Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity
- Conclusion: Legacy of a Fraud.