Brennan, MaryMoore, Clinton E.2020-07-232020-07-232007-12Moore, C. E. (2007). Washington DC on the merry-go-round: Drew Pearson and the expansion of journalism in the mid-twentieth century (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12172In the mid-twentieth century the investigative journalist Drew Pearson greatly expanded journalism by exposing the personal lives of public figures in Washington D.C. This paper traces Pearson’s attempts to apply this standard to three men, General Douglas A. MacArthur, Secretary James V. Forrestal, and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.Text79 pages1 file (.pdf)enjournalistic ethicsWashington D.C.public figuresThesis