John Crewdson, journalist and Purlitzer Prize winner, wrote for the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
"John Crewdson... discovered the [Duesberg] controversy and became excited at the prospect of breaking a new investigative story. In November of 1987, he took Duesberg to dinner and showed strong interest, and by the following month had written an article on the HIV controversy but then, as he has since admitted to a mutual contact, he ran into editorial blocks and ended up writing articles on the Gallo virus-stealing scandal. He has expressed a genuine desire to cover the debate over HIV but feared the political pressures. By early 1993, these pressures finally led him to join forces against Duesberg, and he threatened to publish an article refuting his position for good. Nothing has happened." (Inventing the AIDS Virus, p.394)