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After Democrats won control of Congress, they moved to fulfill their pledge to crack down on the controversial practice of lawmakers slipping projects in spending bills without public scrutiny. In February, they scrapped Republican-drafted bills loaded with earmarks and passed a bill that they boasted had none. Among those celebrating the achievement was Senate Majority
The new Democratic Congress passed a major spending bill earlier this year that it promoted as being stripped of all earmarks and a strike against pork-barrel spending. But even as the bill passed, a joint investigation by CIR and the Los Angeles Times reveals today, top Democrats and members of both parties deluged government agencies
In “Becoming the Story,” EXPOSÉ returns to San Francisco and the steroid scandal that rocked the sports world.
The PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW wrote up a guide for other journalists planning projects similar to Carl Prine’s investigation into the security of chemical plants and railroads. A condensed list of their advice:
Part two premieres tonight on PBS. On Monday: What every responsible journalist should know before casing a joint.
Internet archives like the Wayback Machine take “cyber-snapshots” of websites periodically and store the data in a virtual library.
The second part of “Think Like a Terrorist” premieres online today. Follow Carl Prine as he investigates the security of America’s railways, and hear how he responds to critics who say he is “helping the terrorists” by exposing our vulnerabilities.
Tomorrow, reporter Carl Prine turns his investigative eye towards America’s railroads in “Think Like a Terrorist, Pt. 2.” The full episode will be streamed online on the EXPOSÉ website.
Not everyone was pleased with reporter Carl Prine’s investigation into the lack of security at America’s chemical facilities
Exposé’s first episode of the season, “Think Like a Terrorist (Pt. 1)” premieres tonight on PBS.
