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Journalist

Pete Earley is an American journalist born on September 5, 1951. He is renowned for his reporting on crime, politics, and social issues, particularly for his ability to present complex social problems in an accessible way to readers.

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“There was however, a group of 507 individuals who were permanent street dwellers [in Miami.] These 507 were not indigent, down-on-their-luck families. They were single people and every one of them was mentally ill.”

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Book:Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

Source: Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

“I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think thats a role that we should allow.”

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“Having been a journalist for thirty-nine years, I've developed a pretty thick skin.”

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“Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.'”

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“The actor playing Lee got really irritated. He tried to escape by turning, running, or twisting and talking or yelling above the voice of the illness, but the illness didn't sit quietly.”

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Book:Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

Source: Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

“Sometimes I feel the only way I can get a major publisher interested in mental illness is if I find a character who has bipolar disorder and is also a love-sick vampire attending an English school called Hogwarts. But I'm not giving up.”

“People with mental illnesses are dying on our streets. More than 350,000 are in jails and prisons. Most are people whose only real crime is they got sick.”

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Born: September 5, 1951
Known for: Journalist
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