Center for Public Integrity launches investigative blog
August 5, 2008 · Filed Under Great Work Gallery, The Weblog Blog
The Center for Public Integrityhas launched a new investigative blog, PaperTrail.
A Center-wide effort, PaperTrail will be the hard-hitting, investigative blog that Washington is missing. Our blog will build on the Center’s 19-year history of investigative journalism and more than 400 investigations, ranging from the Bush administration’s 935 false statements leading to the Iraq war to the Clinton White House’s selling of the Lincoln bedroom.
The Center has conducted investigations into many topics; the environment, public health, public accountability, federal and state lobbying, war profiteering, and financial disclosure, all of which have a public integrity component.
So far in PaperTrail, we’ve:
Tracked down and recorded ABC News reporter John Stossel giving a closing speech at a gathering of climate change skeptics in NYC in March.
Looked at the link between Cindy McCain’s family and the reputed Arizona mobster tied to the killing of investigative journalist Don Bolles.
Examined the donor tendencies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — both through their PACs and their top officers. Their main squeeze may come as a surprise.
