Gary Webb
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Gary Webb was an American investigative journalist best known for his controversial "Dark Alliance" series alleging CIA-linked cocaine trafficking, which later inspired the film "Kill the Messenger."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gary Webb canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15308724 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Webb Context triple: [Kill the Messenger, subject, Gary Webb]
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A.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
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B.
Edward Epstein
Edward Epstein is a biographer and author known for his works on notable historical and political figures.
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C.
Lenard A. Fisk
Lenard A. Fisk is an American space physicist known for his leadership at NASA and his influential research on the heliosphere and solar-terrestrial interactions.
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D.
Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
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E.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist and author known for his reporting on U.S. foreign policy, private military contractors, and national security issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Webb Target entity description: Gary Webb was an American investigative journalist best known for his controversial "Dark Alliance" series alleging CIA-linked cocaine trafficking, which later inspired the film "Kill the Messenger."
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A.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
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B.
Edward Epstein
Edward Epstein is a biographer and author known for his works on notable historical and political figures.
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C.
Lenard A. Fisk
Lenard A. Fisk is an American space physicist known for his leadership at NASA and his influential research on the heliosphere and solar-terrestrial interactions.
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D.
Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
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E.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist and author known for his reporting on U.S. foreign policy, private military contractors, and national security issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.