Richard Behar's The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, Time, 6 May 1991, is investigative journalism. Its strength is that it is a cover story that prompted a libel action from the organization it covered, an action that was ultimately dismissed and the dismissal affirmed on appeal in 2001, which speaks to the reporting having withstood a direct legal challenge to its accuracy. Its limit is the ordinary one for journalism of any era: it is one reporter's account, written under the pressures and space limits of a magazine cover story rather than a book length or peer reviewed treatment.
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AuthorRichard Behar
PublisherTime
Publication Year1991
Source Typejournalism
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Reliability Tier2
NotesCover story of 6 May 1991. The libel action it drew was dismissed and the dismissal affirmed in 2001.
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