That Time Gary Webb Published 1 Story and Watched His Career

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That Time Gary Webb Published 1 Story and Watched His Career Destroyed

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In this week's episode we learn that no good deed goes unpunished. Gary Webb was just trying to do his job when the CIA started hassling him for no reason! (Well, maybe his series of articles on the CIA and crack cocaine had something to do with it?) Meanwhile the country could not be bothered because we only cared about a b*****b. Logo: Jessica Balaschak Music: Caveman of Los Angeles by Party Store Music --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/american-scandals/support

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