Gary Webb is Dead

Gary Webb, the insanely brave reporter who linked the CIA to the South American drug trade has died of an apparent suicide. Gary was a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News when he ran a series of reports linking the Contras (a group massively funded by Reagan's CIA) to the explosion of drugs in LA in the 80's. Not surprisingly, the mainstream media tore Webb to pieces- although they failed in taking apart his story- notice the way the NY Times Obit treats him- they didn't disprove anything, and they are too cowardly to say they were the main "mainstream" newspapers who "discredited" him.
The best summary of Webb's work is actually an audio commentary track on the film BOB ROBERTS done by the guys from CounterPunch.
Webb was a brave reporter who stood and stands for everything the mainstream media is failing to do.