Fear and Libel
by Ed Rampell
Not everyone gets to be Woodward and Bernstein, cracking the big story and coming out a hero. BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast is getting the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union’s 2004 Upton Sinclair Freedom of Expression Award this weekend – but he was also recently sued for $15 million by former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, a Democrat.