Investigative muckraking journalist Wayne Barrett died the day before Donald Trump became president. An irony to Barrett’s friends, he was a longtime Trump watcher.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young hears more about Barrett’s work from friend and colleague Tom Robbins (@tommy_robb), investigative journalist in residence at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Read some of Wayne Barrett’s work from The Village Voice and The Daily Beast:
- “Behind the Seventies-Era Deals That Made Donald Trump“
- “How a Young Donald Trump Forced His Way From Avenue Z to Manhattan“
- “Inside Donald Trump’s Empire: Why He Didn’t Run for President in 2012“
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