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Shades of Operation Mockingbird (1953), and "The CIA and the Media". http://www.carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php http://www.carlbernstein.com/magazi
by cmurf 8y ago
Shades of Operation Mockingbird (1953), and "The CIA and the Media".
http://www.carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php http://www.carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php
Of course, whether the story is true or not matters, but at least as important is who Bloomberg's source is - as that goes to motive for releasing this information (true or false). And it isn't just Bloomberg who will be asking these kinds of questions.
- RaceWon 8y agoWell, Bush did say this ended in 1976 [1] "In February 1976, George H. W. Bush, the recently appointed Director of the CIA, announced a new policy: 'Effective immediately, the CIA will not enter into any paid or contract relationship with any full-time or part-time news correspondent accredited by any U.S. news service, newspaper, periodical, radio or television network or station.'{13} He added that the CIA would continue to 'welcome' the voluntary, unpaid cooperation of journalists." So there you go. Proof positive. + 1 On Mockingbird btw, I was reading the comments before I posted it myself. [1]https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird.html https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1m...
- jsoc815 8y ago+1 for the Bernstein ref. Had it mind, but couldn't remember the deets.