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CBS, NYT Investigate Wounded Warriors

Columbia Journalism Review | by TVNewsCheck

Social media users are breathing fire over several reports of lavish overhead spending and curious practices by the Wounded Warrior Project. The nonprofit, which raised more than $372 million last year, reportedly invests just 60% of its earnings into programs for veterans. And employees who question the nonprofit’s practices get the ax, according to two separate investigative projects, one from CBS News and the other by the The New York Times.