In 1996 – as major U.S. news outlets disparaged the Nicaraguan - TopicsExpress



          

In 1996 – as major U.S. news outlets disparaged the Nicaraguan Contra-#cocaine story and destroyed the career of investigative reporter Gary Webb for reviving it – the #CIA marveled at the success of its public-relations team guiding the mainstream #medias hostility toward both the story and Webb, according to a newly released internal report. ... Although the CIAs inspector general later corroborated the truth about the Contra-cocaine connection and the #Reagan administrations cover-up, the mainstream medias counterattack in defense of the CIA in late summer and fall of 1996 proved so effective that the subsequent CIA confession made little dent in the conventional wisdom regarding either the Contra-cocaine scandal or Gary Webb.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:00:39 +0000

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