Commonwealth Club
The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco hosted Gary Webb for a speaking engagement after the Dark Alliance series was published, amid the media controversy.
The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco hosted Gary Webb for a speaking engagement after the Dark Alliance series was published, amid the media controversy. The club was one of the venues where Webb publicly defended his reporting on the Central Intelligence Agency-Contra-cocaine connection.1
Public Discourse
The Commonwealth Club engagement occurred during the period when the mainstream media was attacking Webb's reporting. The club provided a forum for serious discussion of the series' allegations at a time when other media outlets were dismissing the story. Webb's appearance at venues like the Commonwealth Club demonstrated the public interest in the Dark Alliance revelations despite the establishment media's efforts to discredit the reporting.2
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