“God, [Freeway Rick] Ross firmly believed, had put him on earth to be the Cocaine Man. When he wasn't dealing, he was just like anybody else, maybe worse - an illiterate high-school dropout. A zero. But give him a pager and some dope, and he was a virtuoso.” DrugsCiaCocaineDrug TraffickingCrackCentral Intelligence AgencyContrasFreeway Rick Ross Author:Gary Webb, Dark Alliance
“But something very bad happened to the news media in the 1980s. Part of it was the 'public diplomacy' pressures from the outside. But part of it was the smug, snotty, sophomoric crowd that came to dominate the national media from the inside. These characters fell in love with their power to define reality, not their responsibility to uncover the facts. By the 1990s, the media had become the monster.” RealityTruthMediaNewsCorruptionNewspapersJournalismSocial CommentarySocial Responsibility Press Author:Gary Webb, Dark Alliance