Washington Post Repeat: A 'Worthless and Whiny' Attack on a Genuine Journalistic Hero, Gary Webb

Peter Hart @ FAIR - In 1996, in the wake of his explosive "Dark Alliance" series for the San Jose Mercury News (8/18-20/96), the Washington Post was one of the major newspapers to attack Gary Webb (FAIR Blog,  10/21/14).

It's 2014, and they're still at it.

Since the release of the film Kill the Messenger, there has been renewed focus on Webb's story, which documented how CIA-linked drug traffickers were supplying US drug dealers with cheap cocaine that helped fuel the crack epidemic in the 1980s. For the Post, this means it's time to argue once again that Webb got the story wrong.  Read more.