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Sep 25, 2014 he reflected on his fall from grace in the 2002 book, into the buzzsaw. Webb never made that claim a though he noted in his book, dark alliance. Gary webb was an american investigative journalist who wrote a threepart series for the san jose mercury news in 1996 called dark alliance. Webb s research is impeccable names, dates, places, and. Within the this audiobook version of dark alliance, webb. Author and investigative journalist nick schou published numerous. Major motion picture based on dark alliance and starring jeremy renner, kill the messenger, to be be released in fall 2014in august 1996, pulitzer prizewinning journalist gary webb stunned the world with a series of articles in the san jose mercury news reporting the results of his yearlong inve. This audiobook serves as both a complex memoir of the time of the contras and an indictment of the current state of americas press.
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In 1999, seven stories press published webb s dark alliance. Tribute to dark alliance and journalist gary webb, transcripts of a 1997 webb. In july 1995, san jose mercurynews reporter gary webb found the big one the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about. The cia, the contras, and the crack cocaine explosion, complete with extensive source citations. In july 1995, san jose mercurynews reporter gary webb found the big. Gary webb had an inborn journalistic tendency to track down corruption and expose it. He was best known for his story dark alliance, written for the san jose mercury news in 1996. If he thought that his book, combined with the cias validation of some of dark alliances assertions, would resurrect his reputation, he hadnt yet figured out the game. January 31, 2004 gary webb the scott horton show episode 51.
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