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Kill the Messenger (R)

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Investigative Journalism, it's supposed to uncover the hidden truths that hide in plain sight. Unfortunately it's never quite that simple. In this story, Gary Webb uncovered an unbelievable truth. He dared to go the distance to find the answers and was punished for it. This entire scenario is based on a true story. Gary Webb was a real journalist that uncovered a real truth. The story he discovered / uncovered was that the CIA was directly implicit in arming the Contra and smuggling cocaine into the United States for distribution. When his small Sacramento newspaper broke this story before all of the major newspapers nationwide, a firestorm erupted. All the networks wanted him, all the newspapers wanted to crucify him. When the other newspapers printed their smear stories, they won. Webb became a pariah. No one cared if it was true or not, they only cared that they could tear it apart and him with it. His story ended in tragedy, he resigned from his paper because of the scandal and could never find work as a journalist again because of "Dark Alliance". Dark Alliance was the name of the story. It's said that he committed suicide, but even that is up for question. He allegedly shot himself twice in the face with a .38 pistol. Knowing this... you decide... Eventually the truth of Dark Alliance came out, unfortunately it wasn't in time. Gary Webb was given credit for the story posthumously. It's truly unfortunate that it destroyed him before those that were responsible were held accountable. This is a riveting story of a man and the truth he was determined to tell.

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