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Prime time and misdemeanors : investigating the 1950s TV quiz scandal : a D.A.'s account / Joseph Stone and Tim Yohn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1992.Description: viii, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813517532
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1992.8.Q5 S7 1992
Contents:
Introduction: Mere Entertainment? -- pt. I. Scandal. Ch. 1. Connecting the Dots. Ch. 2. "I'm Perfectly Willing to Need Help" Ch. 3. Straws in the Wind -- pt. II. Diligently Inquire ... CH. 4. The People against John Doe. Ch. 5. The People against Richard Roe. Ch. 6. The Two-Witness Rule. Ch. 7. The People against Albert Freedman. Ch. 8. The $64,000 Empire -- pt. III. ... And True Presentment Make. Ch. 9. Shaking the Tree. Ch. 10. The People against Peter Poe. Ch. 11. Recantations -- pt. IV. National Fraud. Ch. 12. Congress in the Act. Ch. 13. Washington Circus. Ch. 14. Intermission. Ch. 15. Second Round -- pt. V.A Change of Circumstances. CH. 16. Mass Perjury. Ch. 17. Second Grand Jury. Ch. 18. The Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity -- Conclusion: Legacy of a Fraud.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-340) and index.

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Introduction: Mere Entertainment? -- pt. I. Scandal. Ch. 1. Connecting the Dots. Ch. 2. "I'm Perfectly Willing to Need Help" Ch. 3. Straws in the Wind -- pt. II. Diligently Inquire ... CH. 4. The People against John Doe. Ch. 5. The People against Richard Roe. Ch. 6. The Two-Witness Rule. Ch. 7. The People against Albert Freedman. Ch. 8. The $64,000 Empire -- pt. III. ... And True Presentment Make. Ch. 9. Shaking the Tree. Ch. 10. The People against Peter Poe. Ch. 11. Recantations -- pt. IV. National Fraud. Ch. 12. Congress in the Act. Ch. 13. Washington Circus. Ch. 14. Intermission. Ch. 15. Second Round -- pt. V.A Change of Circumstances. CH. 16. Mass Perjury. Ch. 17. Second Grand Jury. Ch. 18. The Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity -- Conclusion: Legacy of a Fraud.