Well, 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 i

Well, 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...