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1、HowacurmudgeonlyoldreporterexposedtheFIFAscandalthattoppledSeppBlatterAndrewJenningsattendsapublichearinginBrasiliainOctober2011totalkaboutallegationsinvolvingFIFA.(UesleiMarcelino/Reuters)Thebiggestnewsstoryoftheyear wasbreaking,butthejournalistresponsiblewasfastasleep.Itwasjustafterdawn
2、onMay27whenAndrewJennings’sphonebegan ringing. Swisspolicehadjustlaunchedastartlingraidon aluxuryhotelinZurich,arrestingseventopFIFAofficialsandchargingthemandotherswithrunninga $150millionracket.Theworldwasstunned.Thewakingworld,thatis.IfJenningshadbotheredtoclimboutofbed,hewouldn’thaveb
3、eensurprisedatthenews.Afterall,hewasthemanwhosettheinvestigationinmotion,withabookin2006, “FOUL!TheSecretWorldofFIFA:Bribes,Vote-RiggingandTicketScandals,” followedbyanexposéairedontheBBC’s“Panorama”programthatsameyear,andthenanotherbookin2014,called “Omerta:SeppBlatter’sFIFAOrganisedCrim
4、eFamily.”“Myphonestartedringingatsixinthemorning,”JenningssaidTuesdayfromhisfarminthehillynorthofEngland.“Iturneditoffactuallytogetsomemoresleep,becausewhateverishappeningatsixinthemorningisstillgoingtobethereatlunchtime,isn’tit?”Ifyoucan’ttellalready,Jenningsisanadvocateofslow,methodical
5、journalism.Forhalfacentury,the71-year-oldinvestigativereporterhasbeendiggingintocomplex,timeconsumingstoriesaboutorganizedcrime.Inthe1980s,itwasbadcops,theThaiherointradeandtheItalianmob.Inthe’90s,heturnedtosports, exposingcorruptionwiththeInternationalOlympicCommittee.Forthepast15years,J
6、enningshasfocusedonthe FederationInternationaledeFootballAssociation(FIFA),internationalsoccer’sgoverningbody.Asotherjournalists were ballwatching—reporting scorelinesorwritingplayerprofiles—Jenningswasdiggingintothedirtydealsunderpinningtheworld’smostpopulargame.“Creditinthissagashouldgo
7、tothedoggedobsessionofasinglereporter,AndrewJennings,”theGuardian’s SimonJenkinswrotelastweek, citinginparticularJennings’sBBCPanoramafilmcalled “TheBeautifulBung:CorruptionandtheWorldCup.” Now,afterdecadesofthreats,suspicionsabouttappedphonesandintermittentpaycheck
