‘Kill the Messenger’: Rare Truth-telling

http://consortiumnews.com/2014/10/16/kill-the-messenger-rare-truth-telling/

Much of modern American filmmaking is escapist and vapid, but not “Kill the Messenger,” the new movie recounting the brave Contra-cocaine reporting by Gary Webb and his subsequent destruction at the hands of the mainstream media, writes James DiEugenio.

Actor Jeremy Renner as journalist Gary Webb in “Kill the Messenger.”