The Mercury News
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The Mercury News is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiary of Media News Group which in tu
The March 14, 2023, front page of The Mercury News
The New Almaden mercury mine near San Jose
A postcard depicting the San Jose electric light tower
The Mercury and Herald front page on the afternoon of April 19, 1906, describes the state of destruction after the earthquake in San Francisco, including the destruction of the Examiner and Call buildings.
Gary Webb
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Gary Stephen Webb was an American investigative journalist.
The Mercury News
…in July 1996, leaving only the website. In August 1996, the Mercury News published "Dark Alliance", a series of investigative articles by reporter Gary Webb that claimed CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking (see § Controversies). The Mercury News promoted the upcoming series on Usenet newsgroups…
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