Lowell Bergman
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Lowell Bergman is an American investigative journalist and producer best known for his work on CBS's "60 Minutes" and for exposing major corporate and political scandals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lowell Bergman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T460343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell Bergman Context triple: [The Insider, mainCharacter, Lowell Bergman]
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A.
Tom Garfinkel
Tom Garfinkel is a sports executive best known for leading the business operations and strategic development of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and their home stadium.
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B.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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C.
Chester Kallman
Chester Kallman was an American poet and librettist best known for his long-term personal and artistic collaboration with W. H. Auden on numerous opera libretti and translations.
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D.
Mort Goldman
Mort Goldman is a neurotic, bespectacled Jewish pharmacist and recurring comic relief character on the animated television series Family Guy.
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E.
David Bergman
David Bergman is a senior executive and key financial leader at Under Armour, serving as the company's Chief Financial Officer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell Bergman Target entity description: Lowell Bergman is an American investigative journalist and producer best known for his work on CBS's "60 Minutes" and for exposing major corporate and political scandals.
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A.
Tom Garfinkel
Tom Garfinkel is a sports executive best known for leading the business operations and strategic development of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and their home stadium.
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B.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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C.
Chester Kallman
Chester Kallman was an American poet and librettist best known for his long-term personal and artistic collaboration with W. H. Auden on numerous opera libretti and translations.
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D.
Mort Goldman
Mort Goldman is a neurotic, bespectacled Jewish pharmacist and recurring comic relief character on the animated television series Family Guy.
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E.
David Bergman
David Bergman is a senior executive and key financial leader at Under Armour, serving as the company's Chief Financial Officer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film producer
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human ⓘ investigative journalist ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Emmy Award
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George Polk Award ⓘ Peabody Award ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Public Service ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer |
60 Minutes
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CBS News ⓘ Frontline ⓘ Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley ⓘ The New York Times ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Bergman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
broadcast journalism
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documentary journalism ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ |
| genre | investigative reporting ⓘ |
| givenName | Lowell ⓘ |
| hasRole |
correspondent for Frontline
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producer at 60 Minutes ⓘ professor of journalism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Lowell Bergman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging corporate influence over news media
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exposing major corporate scandals ⓘ exposing political scandals ⓘ |
| notableWork |
60 Minutes tobacco industry investigation
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linked to:
60 Minutes
Frontline documentaries on national security and terrorism ⓘ collaboration with Jeffrey Wigand on tobacco whistleblowing story ⓘ investigations into intelligence agencies ⓘ investigations into money laundering ⓘ investigations into organized crime ⓘ investigations into the tobacco industry ⓘ investigative reports on corporate corruption ⓘ investigative reports on political scandals ⓘ |
| occupation |
documentary filmmaker
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investigative reporter ⓘ journalist ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Al Pacino ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Insider
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linked to:
The Insider (film)
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| workLocation |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley
New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lowell Bergman Description of subject: Lowell Bergman is an American investigative journalist and producer best known for his work on CBS's "60 Minutes" and for exposing major corporate and political scandals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Insider (film)