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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Freije, Vanessa, [date] author. Title: Citizens of scandal : journalism, secrecy, and the politics of reckoning in Mexico / Vanessa Freije. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2020008237 (print) lccn 2020008238 (ebook) isbn 9781478009825 (hardcover) isbn 9781478010883 (paperback) isbn 9781478012399 (ebook) Subjects: lcsh: Journalism—Political aspects—Mexico—

History—20th century. | Political corruption—Mexico—

History—20th century. | Civil society—Mexico—History— 20th century. | Mexico—Social conditions—History— 20th century. Classification: lcc pn4974.p6 f745 2020 (print) lcc pn4974. p6 (ebook) ddc 079/.7209046—dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020008237 lc ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020008238

Cover art: Reader: Unidentified man reading the news about an earthquake in Central Mexico, September 20, 1985. Courtesy the Associated Press. Newsprint: Courtesy istockphoto.com/Liliboas. Background: La Jornada, 1985.