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Article: Tracking traficant: Bertram De Souza has been a harsh critic during the 23 years he has covered the colorful congressman-turned-inmate. James A. Traficant Jr. and his supporters haven't hesitated to fire back.
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- American Journalism Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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After more than two decades of covering U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr.'s tirades and tantrums, of excoriating him and enduring his counterattacks, columnist Bertram de Souza sat in the WFMJ-TV studio, tapping his fingers together and awaiting the climactic announcement.
De Souza, who writes for the Vindicator of Youngstown, Ohio, and David Betras, a local attorney, were providing live analysis for the "Traficant Task Force," a catchphrase the Youngstown NBC affiliate coined for its coverage of the Ohio Democrat's federal trial, conviction on corruption charges and subsequent expulsion from Congress. Behind the pair an eye-catching graphic proclaimed ...
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