Operation Mockingbird was a CIA campaign to influence domestic and foreign media beginning in the early 1950s. The agency placed assets at major outlets including the New York Times, Newsweek, CBS, and Time magazine. The Church Committee confirmed the CIA maintained relationships with over 50 US journalists and media organizations, using them to plant stories and gather intelligence.
CIA Secretly Controlled Major American Media Outlets for Decades
βYou could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βThe CIA does not pay or subsidize any American journalist or media organization. We have nothing to hide.β
β CIA Director George H.W. Bush Β· Feb 1976
βThe CIA does not use journalists for intelligence purposes. Effective immediately, the CIA will not enter into any paid or contractual relationship with any full-time or part-time news correspondent.β
β CIA Director George H.W. Bush Β· Feb 1976
π They Laughed At Us
βThe CIA does not pay or subsidize any American journalist or media organization. We have nothing to hide.β
βThe CIA does not use journalists for intelligence purposes. Effective immediately, the CIA will not enter into any paid or contractual relationship with any full-time or part-time news correspondent.β
β³ The Vindication Timeline
From βcrazyβ to confirmed
The Claim Is Made
This is the moment they called it crazy.
Confirmed: They Were Right
The truth comes out. Officially documented.
Confirmed: They Were Right
The truth comes out. Officially documented.
π How Right We Were
The People Speak(45)
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