Mediagazer: Investigative Bureau Tries to Make Up for British News Cutbacks (Eric Pfanner/New York Times)

5:55 AM ET, April 5, 2010

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Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

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Eric Pfanner / New York Times:

Investigative Bureau Tries to Make Up for British News Cutbacks — PARIS — As a reporter with The Sunday Times of London in the 1970s, Elaine Potter worked on a story that showed British journalism at its best: the paper's exposure of the scandal over thalidomide, which was promoted as a cure …

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