Gary Webb's Death: American Tragedy

Two years ago, journalist Gary Webb -- his career and his life in ruins -- killed himself. Though a terrible personal tragedy, Webb's suicide also marked the last page of a dark chapter in American journalism, the end result of his punishment at the hands of colleagues for helping expose the Reagan administration's contra-cocaine scandal.

The major U.S. news media revealed itself more as an accomplice to government crimes than a watchdog for the people -- a precursor to the failure to challenge George W. Bush's false case for invading Iraq.

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