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E-ISBN 978-0-231-53628-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Starkman, Dean.
The watchdog that didn’t bark : the financial crisis and the disappearance of investigative reporting / Dean Starkman.
pages cm — (Columbia journalism review books)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-15818-3 (cloth : alk. paper) —ISBN 978-0-231-53628-8 (e-book)
1. Financial crises—United States—Press coverage. 2. Investigative reporting—United States. I. Title
HB3722.S792 2014
070.4'493309730931—dc23
2013023077
A Columbia University Press E-book.
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