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Creator is exactly William Gaines
Chicago Tribune article titled, "Filth and neglect bared at von Solbrig Hospital." Written by an Unsigned author for the Von Solbrig Task Force Report.

Von Solbrig Hospital - Task Force - Chicago Tribune

After hearing from a source that janitors, without washing, were sometimes used to move patients from surgery rooms to their beds, a  reporter poses as a janitor at Von Solbrig Hospital. The series, a Task Force investigation, also examines the institution's encouragement of unnecessary procedures for welfare patients.

Undercover Journalism Debated

Undercover journalism has been the subject of heated discussions, especially since the late 1970s, and whenever an undercover sting causes a stir.
Does reporting undercover and lying about your identity constitute fraud? This article covers the Food Lion controversy in detail.

Legal and Scholarly Analysis and Commentary

An undercover Tribune reporter training to be an employee at a bill collection company sees the horrible way they treat people who owe money.

Bill Collectors - Task Force - Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune's Task Force lead a six-week investigation working in eight debt collection agencies to compile this chronicle of the abuse debt collectors impose.