Magazines: Harry the Muckraker

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At the Inquirer, the reaction was one of red-faced embarrassment. The paper's management gave Karafin his severance pay—47 weeks worth—belatedly instructed all reporters to notify the company of any outside employment. One reporter who admitted doing freelance work for a public relations firm was warned to sever these ties immediately. And then "with profound sadness and bitter regret" the Inquirer published in this week's Sunday edition a ten-column story all about the mucky career of Star Reporter Harry J. Karafin.