Tag: CoverUp

Philip J. Hilts, 74, Dies; Reporter Uncovered a Massive-Tobacco Cowl-up

Philip J. Hilts, who as a science reporter for The New York Occasions in 1994 uncovered a tobacco firm’s decades-long cover-up of its personal analysis exhibiting that tobacco was dangerous and nicotine was addictive, died on April 23 in Lebanon, N.H. He was 74. The trigger was issues of liver illness, his son Ben mentioned.

Los Angeles Sheriff, Accused of Cowl-Up, Opens Investigation Into Reporter

The Los Angeles County sheriff stated on Tuesday that he was investigating a reporter at The Los Angeles Occasions who had reported allegations that he was concerned in covering up a case of inmate abuse, an announcement that drew accusations that he was violating the reporter’s First Modification rights. The reporter, Alene Tchekmedyian, printed an