RE: How Gary Webb Changed the Web with Dark Alliance
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Gary Webb did some of the best investigative journalism the world has seen...and for that, he was suicided!
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Tragic really, and the corporate media attack dogs tore away at any slight errors they could find in his well sourced series. It was a disgusting display of hostility towards a single journalist by the major players in the media. They focused completely on attempting to discredit Webb and they never followed up on his findings on the CIA. Mostly, they used the denials of high ranking CIA 'officials' to dismiss his research.
It really reminds me of how institutions such as the NY Times, the Guardian, the BBC, and many more have vilified and Julian Assange. The comparison is quite striking in many ways.
It's the same playbook, decade after decade - with some slight tweaks of course. Some of the individual names and faces change, but the institutional spin and obfuscation remains the same in general. Nothing has changed!
Interesting that they would do that. I guess the CIA got to them. Focusing on discrediting a reporter rather than focusing on his work is against the true spirits of journalism.
That's half of the answer, yes. The other half is that the legacy media outlets were livid that a small newspaper like the Mercury News broke such a massive story. One that they had dismissed for many years. Institutional media traditionally sets the news and the narrative framing those events - like letting the rest of the media know HOW a story should be told and therefore are the gatekeepers of the news. They are the opinion makers and they truly believe that their voice is more legitimate than all others.
Yes, attacking a journalist in this manner was absolutely against the spirit of actual journalism. At the same time, it fits the behavior of corporate newsmakers deciding on what's fact and what's fiction.
This explains their rage better. History has shown that no one ever takes it lightly when they sleep on their oars while innovative people to take the lead. In the end, they're forced to adapt. Only, these ones decided to focus their resources on resentment first, thereby tarnishing or rather revealing their true image; Attack dogs for corrupt politicians.
Whatever happened to Mercury News? Did they land on their feet?