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Summary Of The Journalist And The Murderer

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In the “The Journalist and the Murderer,” Joe McGinniss was deceiving when trying to get a story from Jeff MacDonald, a convicted murderer, who murdered his wife and two daughters in 1970. During the trial, McGinniss was invited by MacDonald lawyers and himself to listen to the trial throughout pages 20-23. It states, “they built a friendship, where they began watching sports and drinking beer together.” Though Joe had to do what he had to do to get the job done, he didn’t have to please Jeff and buy into his feelings when he already thought he was guilty of murdering his family. Stated on pages 46-49 when they were at the trial due to McGinniss book that he wrote, lawyer Bostwick questioned McGinniss loyalty to MacDonald and stated that McGinniss

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