Robert Parry
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| Born | Robert Earle Parry June 24, 1949 Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | January 27, 2018 |
Cause of death | heart attack |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Alma mater | Colby College |
| Children | 4 |
| Exposed | Iran Contra |
| Interests | October surprise, Iran Contra, George H. W. Bush |
Veteran US investigative reporter | |
Not to be confused with Robert T. Parry.
Robert Parry was an investigative journalist who broke many of the "Iran-Contra" stories for the Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. He also is well known for his Frontline documentaries on the October Surprise scandal.[1]
Career
Parry founded Consortiumnews in 1995 as the internet's first investigative magazine. He saw it as a way to combine modern technology and old-fashioned journalism to counter the increasing triviality of the US commercially-controlled media
Publications
Parry published various non-fiction books. His first, in 1992, was Fooling America.