
Gary Webb net worth is
$1.2 Million
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Gary Stephen Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was an American investigative reporter best known for his 1996 Dark Alliance series of articles (about CIA involvement in cocaine trafficking into the US) written for the San Jose Mercury News and later published as a book. In the three-part series, Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had smuggled cocaine into the U.S. Their smuggled cocaine was distributed as crack cocaine in Los Angeles, with the profits funneled back to the Contras. Webb also alleged that this influx of Nicaraguan-supplied cocaine sparked, and significantly fueled, the widespread crack cocaine epidemic that swept through many U.S. cities during the 1980s. According to Webb, the CIA was aware of the cocaine transactions and the large shipments of drugs into the U.S. by Contra personnel. Webb charged that the Reagan administration shielded inner-city drug dealers from prosecution in order to raise money for the Contras, especially after Congress passed the Boland Amendment, which prohibited direct Contra funding.Webb's reporting generated fierce controversy, and the San Jose Mercury News backed away from the story, effectively ending Webb's career as a mainstream-media journalist. In 2004 he was found dead from two gunshot wounds to the head, which the coroner's office judged a suicide. Though he was criticized and shunned by the mainstream journalism community, in 2013 Nick Schou, a journalist writing for the LA Weekly who wrote the book Kill the Messenger, stated that Webb's reportage was eventually vindicated; since his death mainstream news organizations, such as the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, have reversed course and defended his "Dark Alliance" series. Esquire wrote that a report from the CIA inspector general "subsequently confirmed the pillars of Webb's findings." Geneva Overholser, who served as the ombudsman for The Washington Post, wrote that major media outlets including the Washington Post had "shown more passion for sniffing out the flaws in the Mercury News's answer than for sniffing out a better answer themselves." Net Worth | $1.2 Million |
Date Of Birth | August 31, 1955 |
Died | 2004-12-10 |
Death Cause | suicide |
Place Of Birth | Corona, California, USA |
Profession | Writer |
Work Position | San Jose Mercury News "Dark Alliance" web page |
Spouse | Susan Bell |
Children | Ian S., Eric W., Christine L. |
Nicknames | Gary Webb, Webb, Gary |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | He was part of a Mercury News reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake. |
2 | He was an investigative reporter best known for his articles about the CIA's role in cocaine trafficking in the aftermath of U.S. involvement with Contra rebels in Nicaragua in the 1980s. The articles came under intense criticism, and the newspaper later backed away from its claims. Webb resigned from the paper in 1997. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Crack in America | 2015 | Video documentary short book: "Dark Alliance" | |
Filming in Georgia | 2015 | Video documentary short book: "Dark Alliance" | |
Kill the Messenger | 2014 | book "Dark Alliance" | |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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American Drug War: The Last White Hope | 2007 | Documentary thanks | |
Letter to the President | 2005 | Video documentary in memory of | |
Gary Webb: In His Own Words | 2002 | Documentary short in memory of | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Letter to the President | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself - Journalist / Author |
Gary Webb: In His Own Words | 2002 | Documentary short | Himself |
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