In South Carolina, a Watchdog Reporter Sets Out on His Own

The midlands region of South Carolina, anchored by the state capital of Columbia, is as good a place as any for a muckraker. The region has produced a rogue’s gallery of unseemly public officials and has a long history of bad behavior and corruption.

So it makes sense that when Ron Aiken, a well-traveled reporter, decided to set up a one-man investigative journalism enterprise, he chose to stay in the area.

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