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Bennett Cunningham
Bennett Cunningham (born 1967) is an American investigative television journalist who is currently employed by KTVT-TV Television, the CBS owned and operated affiliate in Dallas, Texas. He joined KTVT-TV in September 1997. Cunningham is an award-winning journalist. Recently he broke a national story on questionable spending among top executives at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Cunningham's exposé forced a massive restructuring of travel policy and put an end to excessive first class travel around the world and extravagant meals with the public's money. He also was awarded a 2009 Regional Murrow Award for the series investigation. Also, Cunningham finished First Place receieving a 2009 National Headliner Award for "Best Series of Reports" for his work on a DART Dallas Area Rapid Transit Travel Spending Investigation. He has also received a 2008 Lone Star Emmy for Best On Camera Talent-Investigative and Best Government News Series for his work on Tollway Spending and a National Headliner Award for his work on his investigation into the anti-smoking pill Chantix.

Cunningham worked as a reporter at KTVK-TV, the independent station in Phoenix, Arizona. He also worked in Fort Myers, Florida at the NBC affiliate WBBH-TV before coming to KTVT-TV.

Cunningham also exposed the North Texas Tollway Authority's spending habits. The KTVT-TV investigative unit followed NTTA officials to Austria for a tollway conference. Once again, the executives were held accountable for failing to attend meetings and spending public money on a sightseeing junket. Other stories include a groundbreaking investigation into the anti-smoking pill Chantix that revealed links to suicides all over the world. Months after a number of investigative reports into Chantix, the FDA and Pfizer, the manufacturer of Chantix added a warning regarding suicidal behavior to the drugs' label. Bennett also investigated Ford vehicle fires that destroyed homes. Weeks after Cunningham's investigation, Ford began voluntary recalling trucks that resulted in the largest automotive recall in U.S. history.

Bennett is also a licensed attorney in the state of Texas.