Partial spoiler alert.
See this film. As an investigative reporter that worked on a connected aspect of this entire saga (we exposed one of the CIA drug/arms pilots and how he was indicted in San Diego, only to get off scott-free living in New Zealand), I saw this unfold in real time when Gary Webb's own editor Jerry Ceppos (spoiler here) reversed course and betrayed him at the San Jose Mercury News.
This film will anger and depress even the most casual viewer. However, for an investigative reporter who has never gotten over what happened to Webb, the only positive takeaway - besides the fact that Webb was right and he could have gone further - is that the world can now see Ceppos for what he is.
The worm went into academia and is out there still lecturing on "journalistic ethics" - which, as the term applies to him, is the ultimate oxymoron.
Considering how convoluted the entire saga was and remains to this day - this film is done in an extraordinary fashion. Renner is Oscar worthy here. The cast is outstanding.
See this film. As an investigative reporter that worked on a connected aspect of this entire saga (we exposed one of the CIA drug/arms pilots and how he was indicted in San Diego, only to get off scott-free living in New Zealand), I saw this unfold in real time when Gary Webb's own editor Jerry Ceppos (spoiler here) reversed course and betrayed him at the San Jose Mercury News.
This film will anger and depress even the most casual viewer. However, for an investigative reporter who has never gotten over what happened to Webb, the only positive takeaway - besides the fact that Webb was right and he could have gone further - is that the world can now see Ceppos for what he is.
The worm went into academia and is out there still lecturing on "journalistic ethics" - which, as the term applies to him, is the ultimate oxymoron.
Considering how convoluted the entire saga was and remains to this day - this film is done in an extraordinary fashion. Renner is Oscar worthy here. The cast is outstanding.