Charles Lewis
Charles Lewis
Charles Lewis is an investigative journalist based in Washington D.C. Lewis founded The Center for Public Integrity and several other nonprofit organizations and is currently the executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of Communication in D.C. He was an investigative producer for ABC News and the CBS news program 60 Minutes. He left 60 Minutes in 1989 and began the Center for Public Integrity, a non-partisan group which reports on political and government workings,...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth30 October 1953
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The inaugural has sort of become a metaphor for the whole political process and how money has distorted it,
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These are not accidents. If they're gonna do that, I want their pink slip.
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A bunch of us were appalled, ... I don't want to be represented by that. It's not Christian. ... And we're certainly not thinking about shooting government agents that come to our door.
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It's clear they are trying to button up some of their previous problems with PR and to deflect criticism about all of their purchasing of former U.S. officials. It's a move that is clearly designed to make them look like a regular company.
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There does seem to be a spate of scandals these days. It seems to be heavier than it's been for a while.