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Grisham's Law
Gillers, Stephen | April 18, 1994 issue

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This article dwells on the issue of media person Whitewater Grisham's presentation of news, which according to the author is akin to reading John Grisham's novel. A recent issue of The New Republic satirized how news and entertainment intersect with Whitewater. On the issue's cover was the mock dust jacket of a pulp novel. Its title: "The Poisoned Rose." The tag line: "They called it a prestigious law firm. But law was not its only business." The cover-art style: film noir. And the article its elf was written in what Michael Kinsley has called a "mysterioso" style. The first paragraph Raymond Chandler.

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PRESS; NEWSPAPERS -- Sections, columns, etc.; SATIRE; LAW firms; GRISHAM, John; WHITEWATER, Grisham
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