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Inspired by Dean Starkman\u2019s analysis of the coverage by the US business press of the 2007\u201308 mortgage crisis, our study asks whether Portuguese journalism acted like the proverbial watchdog of investigative reporting in the years leading up to the collapse of the Banco Esp\u00edrito Santo (2012\u201314). The results of our content analysis reveal the near absence of true investigative journalism during the period and the concentration of reporting in the few months before the collapse of the banking group. This analysis is complemented by an investigative reporting project of two authors of this article. 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