The Perils of Whistleblowing
The Perils of Whistleblowing (1996) A Mike Wallace 20th century CBS program focuses on some high-profile whistle-blowing incidents, including the Challenger O-ring disaster, the Brown & Williamson insider expose, GM’s surreptitious investigation of Ralph Nader, unsafe nuclear reactor situations, Silkwood, and defense analyst Fitzgerald’s’ efforts to highlight fraudulent waste and overruns in the Air Force. The whistleblowers all seem credible in their charges. Virtually all of them were subjected to attempts to discredit and destroy them. Often careers were shattered. Despite a subsequent congressional whistle-blowing law, the message is clear: become a whistleblower and face probable destruction of the messenger.
