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Why we have the news media that we deserve

Summary: Two recent new articles revisit a sad story from our past. Gary Webb had a distinguished career in journalism, until his series in the San Jose Mercury News about the CIA’s involvement in smuggling drugs into America. What happened afterwards tells us much about America. We’re ignorant because we have the news media we …

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Another urban legend that will not die: the CIA is the world’s major drug dealer

Summary: Here we discuss one of the more powerful urban legends of American history, undermining America’s social cohesion — that the CIA has been one of the largest drug smugglers into America. This was reformatted in June 2013. Today we examine another urban legend that will not die. Here is a pure version, lifted from …

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