Kill the Messenger (Schou book)

Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb (New York: Nation Books, 2006) is a biography of investigative journalist Gary Webb, focusing on his 1996 "Dark Alliance" investigative series in the San Jose Mercury News. The series linked the 1980s' crack cocaine trade in the United States and the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras.

For other books, see Kill the Messenger (disambiguation) § Literature.

Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb

First edition
Author	Nick Schou
Language	English
Publisher	Nation Books
Publication date	2006
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-1-56025-930-5

Kill the Messenger was adapted into a 2014 film by the same name.

Editions

• ISBN 978-1-56025-930-5 (2006)
• ISBN 978-0-78673-526-6 (2009)
• ISBN 978-1-56858-471-3 (2014)

External links

Reviews

• Douglas, Theo (2006-11-09). "Finding a Scapegoat". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
• Ireland, Doug (October 12, 2006). "Kill the Messenger: The Tragic Life of Gary Webb". AlterNet. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

Interviews

• "Nick Schou on BookTV". Book TV. April 29, 2007. C-SPAN. Retrieved October 22, 2014.