Gary Webb (English Wikipedia)

Shepard, Alicia C. (February 1997). "The web that Gary spun". American Journalism Review. Vol. 19, no. 1. pp. 34–. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
Shepard, Alicia C. (January 1997). "A Hard-charging reporter". American Journalism Review. Vol. 19, no. 1. p. 39. ISSN 1067-8654. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-04.

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Schou, Nick (2006). Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Gary Webb. Nation Books. ISBN 1-56025-930-2., 13-14.
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (February 2000). Report On the Central Intelligence Agency's Alleged Involvement in Crack Cocaine Trafficking in the Los Angeles Area.
Webb, Gary (2002). "The Mighty Wurlitzer Plays On". In Borjesson, Kristina (ed.). Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press. Prometheus Books. pp. 141–157. ISBN 1-57392-972-7.

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Weinberg, Steve (November 17, 1996). "Despite critics, a good story Crack and the contras". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

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Webb, Gary (29 January 2007). "Driving While Black". Esquire. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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Osborn, Barbara Bliss (March–April 1998). "Are You Sure You Want to Ruin Your Career?" Archived 2005-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Extra!. Retrieved 2006-07-21.

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"1980 IRE Award winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

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Bromwich, Michael R. "CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy: Epilogue". Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
Bromwich, Michael R. "CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy: Conclusions". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-02-09.

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Katz, Jesse (October 20, 1996). "Tracking the Genesis of the Crack Trade". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
McManus, Doyle (October 21, 1996). "Examining Charges of CIA Role in Crack Sales". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
Mitchell, John L.; Fulwood, Sam (October 22, 1996). "History Fuels Outrage Over Crack Allegations". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
Daunt, Tina (March 16, 2005). "Written In Pain". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 29, 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
Schou, Nick (August 18, 2006). "The truth in 'Dark Alliance'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-05.

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Schou, Nick (May 30, 2013). "Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
"Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine" Los Angeles Weekly. May 30, 2013. Retrieved on February 15, 2015

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Herhold, Scott (2 October 2013). "Herhold: Thinking back on journalist Gary Webb and the CIA". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. ()

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"Waters statement". newsmakingnews.com. December 13, 2004. Archived from the original on January 3, 2005. Retrieved 2016-09-29.

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Porter, S. (October 1986). "The Ohio State Medical Board. An interim report". The Ohio State Medical Journal. 82 (10): 677–683. ISSN 0030-1124. PMID 3785826.

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Golden, Tim (October 21, 1996). "Though Evidence Is Thin, Tale of C.I.A. and Drugs Has a Life of Its Own". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
Golden, Tim (October 21, 1996). "Pivotal Figures of Newspaper Series May Be Only Bit Players". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
"The CIA and Drugs". The New York Times. October 15, 1996. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Peterson, Iver (June 3, 1997). "Repercussions From Flawed News Articles". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-27.. The details of the suits and settlements are discussed in Schou 2006, 48 and 51.

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"General News Reporting" Archived 2013-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-09.

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"Firecracker Alternative Book Awards". ReadersRead.com. Archived from the original on Mar 4, 2009.

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Stanton, Sam (December 15, 2004). "Reporter's suicide confirmed by coroner". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008.

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Ceppos, Jerry (1997-05-11). "To readers of our 'Dark Alliance' series". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on November 19, 1997. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
"Dark Alliance: The Stories". sjmercury.com. 1996. Archived from the original on 20 December 1996. Retrieved 13 January 2023. includes the original series, later updates, and other coverage of the story
Webb, Gary (February 6, 1996). "America's 'crack' plague has roots in Nicaragua war". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
Webb, Gary (August 19, 1996). "Shadowy origins of 'crack' epidemic". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
Webb, Gary (August 20, 1996). "War on drugs has unequal impact on black Americans". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
Many of these are in the series archive at "Dark Alliance: Update archive". 1996-12-20. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
Carey, Pete (October 13, 1996). "'Dark Alliance' series takes on a life of its own". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

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"Dark Alliance: Postscript". 1997-04-09. Archived from the original on 1997-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
"Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Inquiry Findings". San Jose Mercury News – Dark Alliance library. 1996-12-10. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
Ceppos, Jerry (October 18, 1996). "Mercury News Executive Editor Jerry Ceppos' Letter to the Washington Post". Dark Alliance: library. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Ceppos, Jerry (November 3, 1996). "Perspective: In the eye of the storm". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

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"Washington Post response to Mercury News Executive Editor Jerry Ceppos". San Jose Mercury News. October 24, 1996. Archived from the original on March 30, 1997. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

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D. Pierce, Scott (July 5, 2017). "FX series pins crack epidemic on the CIA". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved December 12, 2025. The twist here is in the third main storyline. CIA operative Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson) — who's gotten himself in some sort of unspecified trouble — has just been transferred to Los Angeles. His big plan to redeem himself: He'll run an operation in which the CIA will deal cocaine in Southern California and use the profits to buy guns for (and otherwise support) the Nicaraguan Contras in their battle against the Sandinistas.

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"Susan Bell: a shameful secret history". The Independent. October 8, 2005.

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Corn, David (2004-12-13). "Gary Webb Is Dead". The Nation – Capital Games. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-01-25.

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Cunningham, Todd (March 5, 2014). "Jeremy Renner's 'Kill the Messenger' Gets Fall Release Date". thewrap.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

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Suro, Roberto; Pincus, Walter (4 October 1996). "The CIA and Crack: Evidence Is Lacking Of Alleged Plot". Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
Leen, Jeff (2014-10-17). "Gary Webb was no journalism hero, despite what 'Kill the Messenger' says". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

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"Dark Alliance: Postscript". 1997-04-09. Archived from the original on 1997-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
Ceppos, Jerry (1997-05-11). "To readers of our 'Dark Alliance' series". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on November 19, 1997. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
"1980 IRE Award winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
"General News Reporting" Archived 2013-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
"Dark Alliance: The Stories". sjmercury.com. 1996. Archived from the original on 20 December 1996. Retrieved 13 January 2023. includes the original series, later updates, and other coverage of the story
Webb, Gary (February 6, 1996). "America's 'crack' plague has roots in Nicaragua war". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
Webb, Gary (August 19, 1996). "Shadowy origins of 'crack' epidemic". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
Webb, Gary (August 20, 1996). "War on drugs has unequal impact on black Americans". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
Many of these are in the series archive at "Dark Alliance: Update archive". 1996-12-20. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
"Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Inquiry Findings". San Jose Mercury News – Dark Alliance library. 1996-12-10. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
Suro, Roberto; Pincus, Walter (4 October 1996). "The CIA and Crack: Evidence Is Lacking Of Alleged Plot". Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
Golden, Tim (October 21, 1996). "Though Evidence Is Thin, Tale of C.I.A. and Drugs Has a Life of Its Own". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
Golden, Tim (October 21, 1996). "Pivotal Figures of Newspaper Series May Be Only Bit Players". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
Katz, Jesse (October 20, 1996). "Tracking the Genesis of the Crack Trade". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
McManus, Doyle (October 21, 1996). "Examining Charges of CIA Role in Crack Sales". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
Mitchell, John L.; Fulwood, Sam (October 22, 1996). "History Fuels Outrage Over Crack Allegations". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
Schou, Nick (May 30, 2013). "Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
Ceppos, Jerry (October 18, 1996). "Mercury News Executive Editor Jerry Ceppos' Letter to the Washington Post". Dark Alliance: library. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
"Washington Post response to Mercury News Executive Editor Jerry Ceppos". San Jose Mercury News. October 24, 1996. Archived from the original on March 30, 1997. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Carey, Pete (October 13, 1996). "'Dark Alliance' series takes on a life of its own". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
Ceppos, Jerry (November 3, 1996). "Perspective: In the eye of the storm". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
"The CIA and Drugs". The New York Times. October 15, 1996. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Weinberg, Steve (November 17, 1996). "Despite critics, a good story Crack and the contras". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
Shepard, Alicia C. (February 1997). "The web that Gary spun". American Journalism Review. Vol. 19, no. 1. pp. 34–. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
Bromwich, Michael R. "CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy: Epilogue". Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
Bromwich, Michael R. "CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy: Conclusions". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
"Firecracker Alternative Book Awards". ReadersRead.com. Archived from the original on Mar 4, 2009.
Osborn, Barbara Bliss (March–April 1998). "Are You Sure You Want to Ruin Your Career?" Archived 2005-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Extra!. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
Leen, Jeff (2014-10-17). "Gary Webb was no journalism hero, despite what 'Kill the Messenger' says". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
Stanton, Sam (December 15, 2004). "Reporter's suicide confirmed by coroner". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008.
Shepard, Alicia C. (January 1997). "A Hard-charging reporter". American Journalism Review. Vol. 19, no. 1. p. 39. ISSN 1067-8654. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
Peterson, Iver (June 3, 1997). "Repercussions From Flawed News Articles". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-27.. The details of the suits and settlements are discussed in Schou 2006, 48 and 51.
"Waters statement". newsmakingnews.com. December 13, 2004. Archived from the original on January 3, 2005. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
Herhold, Scott (2 October 2013). "Herhold: Thinking back on journalist Gary Webb and the CIA". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. ()
Schou, Nick (August 18, 2006). "The truth in 'Dark Alliance'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
"Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine" Los Angeles Weekly. May 30, 2013. Retrieved on February 15, 2015
Corn, David (2004-12-13). "Gary Webb Is Dead". The Nation – Capital Games. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
Cunningham, Todd (March 5, 2014). "Jeremy Renner's 'Kill the Messenger' Gets Fall Release Date". thewrap.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

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Porter, S. (October 1986). "The Ohio State Medical Board. An interim report". The Ohio State Medical Journal. 82 (10): 677–683. ISSN 0030-1124. PMID 3785826.
Shepard, Alicia C. (January 1997). "A Hard-charging reporter". American Journalism Review. Vol. 19, no. 1. p. 39. ISSN 1067-8654. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-04.

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