04.08.2022

The Man Who Exposed The Crips, Bloods & CIA Connection to Crack Cocaine - Gary Webb

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1996 hat der investigative Journalist Gary Webb eine Reihe von Artikeln geschrieben, in denen er die Verbindung zwischen der CIA und dem Crack-Kokain, das in den 1980er Jahren in South Central Los Angeles verkauft wurde, aufgedeckt hat. Diese Artikel haben überall für Empörung gesorgt, aber die Regierung hat die Vorwürfe zurückgewiesen und konkurrierende Nachrichtenagenturen haben behauptet, die Artikelserie sei schlecht geschrieben und enthalte falsche Berichte. Jahre später hat sich aber herausgestellt, dass die Infos in Gary Webbs Artikelserie echt waren.


In 1996, investigative journalist Gary Webb wrote a series of stories exposing the connection between the CIA and the crack cocaine that was being sold in South Central Los Angeles during the 1980s. These stories caused outrage everywhere, but the government denied the allegations and competing news outlets claimed the series was poorly written and contained false reports. But years later, it was revealed that the information written in Gary Webb's series was true.

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Englisch
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16min 56s
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Erstellt: 19.01.2026 - 21:30  |  Geändert: 19.01.2026 - 21:30

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The characters seem to come straight out of central casting: the international drug lord, Norwin Meneses; the Contra cocaine broker with a marketing MBA, Danilo Blandon; and the illiterate teenager who grows up to become the king of crack, Freeway Ricky Ross. Yet these people are real and their stories are true. In Dark Alliance, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb recounts how tons of cocaine were sold to the poor of Los Angeles, and the proceeds then channelled to the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras. Meanwhile the Reagan government waged a strident, hypocritical war against drugs . This is a masterpiece of reportage whose tale of CIA wrongdoing is as relevant as ever.