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010      2021062132 
019    1294936156 
020    9781250824080|q(hardcover) 
020    1250824087 
020    |z9781250824097|q(ebook) 
035    (OCoLC)1295618982|z(OCoLC)1294936156 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dTOH|dMCP 
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050 00 HV5833.L67|bP75 2022 
082 00 362.2909794/94|223/eng/20220201 
100 1  Pringle, Paul,|eauthor. 
245 10 Bad city :|bperil and power in the City of Angels /|cPaul 
       Pringle. 
250    First edition. 
263    2206 
264  1 New York, NY :|bCeladon Books,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    viii, 289 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289). 
505 0  Prologue -- The Overdose -- Sarah and Tony -- The Tip -- 
       Hitting a Wall -- Searching for Sarah -- The Warrens -- 
       The Celebration -- We Need the PD -- A Protected Person --
       Spiking the Story -- Secret Reporting Team -- Sarah's 
       Escape -- No Snitches -- Ecstasy Before the Ball -- Hazel 
       and Willy -- Disappearing the Whistleblower -- Puliafito 
       Story Explodes -- Purging the Masthead -- Billionaire 
       Backers -- A Baby -- Another Bad Doctor -- Tyndall's Hush-
       Hush Deal -- The Fall of Max Nikias -- Varsity Blues -- 
       Saving The Times, And . . . . 
520    "For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a 
       nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal 
       radiating across Los Angeles from one of the region's most
       powerful institutions, a riveting tale from a Pulitzer-
       prize winning journalist who investigated the shocking 
       events and helped bring justice in the face of formidable 
       odds. On a cool, overcast afternoon in April 2016, a 
       salacious tip arrived at the L.A. Times that reporter Paul
       Pringle thought should have taken, at most, a few weeks to
       check out: a drug overdose at a fancy hotel involving one 
       of the University of Southern California's shiniest stars-
       -Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the head of the prestigious medical
       school. Pringle, who'd long done battle with USC and its 
       almost impenetrable culture of silence, knew reporting the
       story wouldn't be a walk in the park. USC is the largest 
       private employer in the city of L.A., and it casts a long 
       shadow. But what he couldn't have foreseen was that this 
       tip would lead to the unveiling of not one major scandal 
       at USC but two, wrapped in a web of crimes and cover-ups. 
       The rot rooted out by Pringle and his colleagues at The 
       Times would creep closer to home than they could have 
       imagined--spilling into their own newsroom. Packed with 
       details never before disclosed, Pringle goes behind the 
       scenes to reveal how he and his fellow reporters triumphed
       over the city's debased institutions, in a narrative that 
       reads like L.A. noir. This is L.A. at its darkest and 
       investigative journalism at its brightest."--|cProvided by
       publisher. 
600 10 Puliafito, Carmen A.,|d1951-|xDrug use. 
610 20 University of Southern California|xCorrupt practices|vCase
       studies. 
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650  0 Drug abuse|zCalifornia|zLos Angeles|vCase studies. 
650  0 Universities and colleges|xCorrupt practices|zCalifornia
       |zLos Angeles|vCase studies. 
650  0 Corruption|zCalifornia|zLos Angeles|vCase studies. 
650  0 Investigative reporting|zCalifornia|zLos Angeles|vCase 
       studies. 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Corruption.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01352550 
650  7 Drug abuse.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00898480 
650  7 Investigative reporting.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00978154 
650  7 Universities and colleges|xCorrupt practices.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01161665 
651  7 California|zLos Angeles.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204540 
655  7 Case studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423765 
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