Jack Anderson, 1922 - 2005
Jack Anderson, the independent columnist who largely invented the modern idea of investigative reporting in Washington, died this weekend at 83.
“A crusader in the mold of muckrakers from a century ago, unbounded by contemporary notions of objectivity, Mr. Anderson was highly successful during the 1950s and 1960s, when few reporters actively sought to uncover government wrongdoing. At one point, his column appeared in about 1,000 newspapers with 45 million daily readers,” the Washington Post writes.
“Jack
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