144: The Trials of Confidential Magazine: Maureen O'Hara (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 18)
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O'Hara's Account of the Confidential Situation Is Not a Pure, Unemotional Slice of Truth
Morino hara's account of her battle against confidential, as related in her two thousand four autobiography, has been widely mocked. The biggest actual drama of the case came with the suicide of polly gould, of the magazine's editorial staff. Polly had been playing a double game, selling the secrets of the magazine to the d a and informing harrison of the manoeuvres of the police. Following the trial, howard rushmore, harrison's editor in chief on confidential, shot his wife then killed himself. Harrison sold confidential in 19 57.
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