Edward Jay Epstein
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Edward Jay Epstein is an American investigative journalist
. While a graduate student at Cornell University in 1966, he published the book Inquest, an influential criticism of the Warren Commission
probe into the John F. Kennedy assassination
. Epstein wrote two other books about the Kennedy assassination, eventually collected in The Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend (1992). His books Legend (1978) and Deception (1989) drew on interviews with retired CIA Counterintelligence Chief James Jesus Angleton
. Subsequently Epstein has reported on the business aspects of Hollywood entertainment. He wrote notes on the book Lord of the Flies and brought the book to its publicity today. He is the oldest of two brothers.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. While a graduate student at Cornell University in 1966, he published the book Inquest, an influential criticism of the Warren Commission
Warren Commission
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 27, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
probe into the John F. Kennedy assassination
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
. Epstein wrote two other books about the Kennedy assassination, eventually collected in The Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend (1992). His books Legend (1978) and Deception (1989) drew on interviews with retired CIA Counterintelligence Chief James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton was chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's counterintelligence staff from 1954 to 1975...
. Subsequently Epstein has reported on the business aspects of Hollywood entertainment. He wrote notes on the book Lord of the Flies and brought the book to its publicity today. He is the oldest of two brothers.
Books by Edward Jay Epstein
- Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth (1966)
- Counterplot (1968)
- News from Nowhere. Television and the News (1973)
- Between Fact and Fiction: The Problem of Journalism (1975)
- Agency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power in America (1977)
- Cartel (1978)
- Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald (1978)
- The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion (1982)
- Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB & the CIA (1989)
- The Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend (1992)
- Dossier: The Secret Life of Armand Hammer (1996)
- The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood (2000)
- The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies (2010)