Robert Parry was another of the great lost journalists, and he did great work on this topic and lots of others.

The way the media circled the wagons and did the hitjobs on Gary Webb was disgusting and, once again, demonstrates whose side they are on when the chips are down.

This quote is priceless: the New York Times (12/19/97) reassured readers that the “CIA Says It Has Found No Link Between Itself and Crack Trade.”

except all that cocaine we're helping into the country and distributing to Freeway Rick and them...but we're not out on the corner, slinging.

His death always reminds me of the late, great Ron Shock's bit:

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