Edward Jay Epstein, born in 1935, is an American investigative journalist but is best known today as a commentator on Hollywood economics. Epstein attended Cornell University during the 1960s, where he received his BA. Epstein was an early critic of the Warren Commission. His Master's thesis, also at Cornell, was the influential Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, amongst the first publications to critically examine the Commission. His Harvard Ph.D. (1973) was on "The selection of reality on network news." Epstein writes the "Hollywood Economist" column for Slate.com. Books by Edward Jay Epstein:
- Inquest The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth (1966)
- Counterplot (1968)
- NEWS FROM NOWHERE. Television and the News (1973)
- Between Fact and Fiction: The Problem of Journalism (1975)
- Agency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power in America (1977)
- Cartel (1978)
- Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald (1978)
- The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion (1982)
- The Diamond Invention (1982)
- Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB & the CIA (1989)
- The Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend (1992)
- Dossier: The Secret Life of Armand Hammer (1996)
- The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood (2000)
As of 2007, he is writing a book on the 9/11 Commission.[1]
