Gary Webb's Suicide

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13. Conduct research on Gary Webb’s death. Based on the information you were able to find; do you feel as if his death should have been ruled a suicide? Explain your answer.

Based on the research I conducted on Gary Webb’s death, I think that his death should be ruled as a suicide. The reason Gary Webb’s death should be ruled a suicide because he died from a single shot to the head. The incident took place on December 9, 2004, when the U.S. Press was at the lowest, having recently helped and supported President George W. Bush the country to war in Iraq under false Pretenses (Parry, 2010). In addition, the press corps had performed terribly in president Bush’s two presidential election campaigns in the year 2000 and 2004, cautious to

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