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Lädt ... Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels (2022. Auflage)von Paul Pringle (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A journalist recounts his struggles to publish a story about a doctor who both used meth and used meth to control young women, and who was also a major figure at USC, against the pressure USC could bring against his paper. It’s understandable why the corruption of journalistic ethics basically made him an obsessive, but that doesn’t make the recounting any less overly detailed; about 20% of the book then covers other USC scandals at the time, including Varsity Blues. The picture that emerges is of a university too powerful for its own good, but there’s nothing from the inside because he never cracked any university employees. This is for the chapter sampler but I was actually able to read the whole book prior to this review. This is my book of the year so far. Full of intrigue, shock and awe and reads like narrative non-fiction should. Kudos to the author and his team at the LA Times for uncovering and exposing stories like this. 5 stars Thanks to NetGalley and Celadon for the ARC. Wow what a story. Start with a morally and ethically bankrupt university- USC add in tight relationships with the police departments, and the publisher of the L.A. Times and you get Bad City. USC doesn’t seem to know or care how to act responsibly. This is an excellent example of why colleges should not be considered 501 c 3 organizations. Excellent reporting and a fascinating and bizarre story! keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal radiating across Los Angeles from one of the region's most powerful institutions, a riveting tale from a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who investigated the shocking events and helped bring justice in the face of formidable odds. On a cool, overcast afternoon in April 2016, a salacious tip arrived at the L.A. Times that reporter Paul Pringle thought should have taken, at most, a few weeks to check out: a drug overdose at a fancy hotel involving one of the University of Southern California's shiniest stars-Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the head of the prestigious medical school. Pringle, who'd long done battle with USC and its almost impenetrable culture of silence, knew reporting the story wouldn't be a walk in the park. USC is the largest private employer in the city of L.A., and it casts a long shadow. But what he couldn't have foreseen was that this tip would lead to the unveiling of not one major scandal at USC but two, wrapped in a web of crimes and cover-ups. The rot rooted out by Pringle and his colleagues at The Times would creep closer to home than they could have imagined-spilling into their own newsroom. Packed with details never before disclosed, Pringle goes behind the scenes to reveal how he and his fellow reporters triumphed over the city's debased institutions, in a narrative that reads like L.A. noir. This is L.A. at its darkest and investigative journalism at its brightest"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The author, Paul Pringle, is an investigative journalist for the LA Times. He is handed a tip about a Dean of the medical school at USC being in a hotel room when a young woman overdoses but nothing was done about the matter. He starts investigating and this book details his investigating and results from that. He finds out more about the young woman who overdosed and talks to her parents who are horrified that USC and the local police department didn't do anything about this matter. The dean is an eye surgeon and it is recounted in the story that he brought drugs to the young woman while she was in rehab.
While this investigation is taking place, there are a couple of other scandals that occur around the same time at USC. One being a male gynecologist who preyed on young Asian female USC students. The other is the Varsity Blues scandal.
It was very interesting to read how the author was able to piece together everything and tell a cohesive story. ( )