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In one of the previous threads on the influence of the CIA on the media, someone mentioned that there was a documentary about this. It's called "On Company Business (1980)" and it features interviews with former CIA directors and various officers and also with lots of critics [1]. I managed to find a copy of it on YouTube and it's absolutely amazing and can't recommend it enough if you want to hear about the creation of the CIA and their work from principal actors [2]. Among many other things they discuss, it details how the CIA infiltrated the media.

It seems to me that the only difference between 40 years ago and today is that some TV networks and media companies are not even hiding their association with the CIA and hire former CIA officers in the open as "analysts" so they can push their agenda.

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093265/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYrznlDTE_M



There are some great John Stockwell videos on CSPAN and YouTube.

Here is one on fake news and the CIA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XibCflWxZuA

John Stockwell on the CIA secret wars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTTVdGOHDqg


Sometimes they straight up hire them as anchors.

https://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blo...




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