**RT @pitdesi:**
Investigative journalism was amazing back when newspapers made 💰
In 1977, the Chicago Sun-Times bought & ran a bar to expose corruption prevalent in Chicago.
It was impactful, exposing $16M in tax fraud & led to the firing & indictment of 30+ employees
topic.com/the-story-behind-t… (https://www.topic.com/the-story-behind-the-chicago-newspaper-that-bought-a-bar)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/pitdesi/status/1660309350504861704#m