The Killing Game: Selected Writings by the author of Dark

The Killing Game: Selected Writings by the author of Dark Alliance

Gary Webb had an inborn journalistic tendency to track down corruption and expose it. For over thirty-four years, he wrote stories about corruption from county, state, and federal levels. He had an almost magnetic effect to these kinds of stories, and it was almost as if the stories found him. It was his gift, and, ultimately, it was his downfall.
He was best known for his story Dark Alliance, written for the San Jose Mercury News in 1996. In it Webb linked the CIA to the crack-cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the Iran Contra scandal. His only published book, Dark Alliance is still a classic of contemporary journalism. But his life consisted of much more than this one story, and The Killing Game is a collection of his best investigative stories from his beginning at the Kentucky Post to his end at the Sacramento News & Review. It includes Webb's series at the Kentucky Post on organized crime in the coal industry, at the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Ohio Stateâ€™s negligent medical board, and on the US militaryâ€™s funding of first-person shooter video games. The Killing Game is a dedication to his lifeâ€™s work outside of Dark Alliance, and itâ€™s an exhibition of investigative journalism in its truest form.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2011-04-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781583229323

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2011-04-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781583229323

The Killing Game: Selected Writings by the author of Dark Alliance

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