In the age of Twitter/podcasts, these officials take the quasi-journalistic authority that has been ascribed to them by media outlets, and leverage it into large personal platforms -- enabling them to shape public opinion. Exactly what the CIA has been trying to do for decades
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Pre-Trump, there would have been a lot more concern about the insidious implications of this trend. But many of these intelligence officials have an aggressively "anti-Trump" point of view, so the media doesn't just overlook the obvious corruption -- they actively facilitate it
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Harry Truman -- December 21, 1963 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00149R000700550045-9.pdf …pic.twitter.com/xXvTqtn8Pb
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So yeah, I object to the unprecedented co-optation of the American media ecosystem by security state officials, and will continue pointing out the danger of this, even when such officials like John Sipher tweet tendentious things about mehttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1135249782337921024 …
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Operation Mockingbird in full effect.
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Even worse. Says a lot about our political culture that now they don't even see a need to hide it.
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Huge numbers? Do tell.
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Clearly the news media needs to be more judicious in its selection of intelligence analysts and strict with their reporting standards.. they should be more like Fox News. Oh...pic.twitter.com/28xYKe5E0B
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I'd rather listen to informed amateurs on microplatforms than establishment journos lying their faces off 24/7 for "national security." CIA has controlled MSM as well as opposition platforms for decades. Spotting a shill is good sport. Limited hangout is the usual calling card.
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True, but we also can't absolve the masses ordinary "progressives" of responsibility. People who SHOULD HAVE known better, but who instead went along with the BS because of
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Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I suspect the current media “ecosystem” is riddled with government NatSec assets. The economics of journalism are increasingly precarious, so the profession is a fertile ground for recruiting.
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The love affair between corporate media and intelligence agencies was in full blossom during War on Terror too.
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No kidding. Tracey has fallen for the Trump smear where everything is Trumps fault that we aren't calling out these people. But, it is directly because of trump that we have the power to talk so loud. Tracey thinks he is on the cutting edge of something that's BEEN obvious
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There is big Corp interest behind mainstream media. Not sure why more “liberals” don’t push back. Of course there needs to be freedom of the press.... but what if the press is invested in Orwellian style messaging. We need to be able to push back.
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Those are'nt expressed thoughts that are so offensive. An agent of the State is there to pump official messages for mass conditioning. Pushing falsehoods in service of the State isn't a personal view at all.
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This guy Sipher unironically retweeted Eric Swalwell and thus should not be taken seriously.
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Citations lacking. It's just assumed to be true. Ask for evidence and you get references to Operation Mockingbird and Pinochet.
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