I remember reading 400+ journalists and pundits are on the CIA payroll

[UdoKier]

and that they insert CIA-suggested propaganda into their reports at times. Apparently they are on both sides of the political spectrum.

Which reporters or pundits do you think are most likely to be on the Agency's payroll?

Two that I suspect are John Stossel and Walter Cronkite.

[swag]

1. Charles Krauthammer, Judith Miller

[UdoKier]

2. God, I despise Krauthammer.

I've never seen a man who seems so utterly soulless, so jaded and dead.

Good pick.

[alittlelark]

3. ONLY 400+, not 500+

I thought it was (almost) all of them.

[soothsayer]

4. Reuters is a CIA puppet, and CNN has CIA "interns" there n/t

[ParanoidPat]

5. I think you're talking about Operation Mockingbird.......

......http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Operation_Mockingbird

Operation Mockingbird

Allegations worthy of consideration ...

From an undated analysis by Mary Louise posted at PrisonPlanet.com:

"Starting in the early days of the Cold War (late 40's), the CIA began a secret project called Operation Mockingbird, with the intent of buying influence behind the scenes at major media outlets and putting reporters on the CIA payroll, which has proven to be a stunning ongoing success. The CIA effort to recruit American news organizations and journalists to become spies and disseminators of propaganda, was headed up by Frank Wisner, Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, and Philip Graham (publisher of The Washington Post)."

From an undated piece by Steve Kangas titled "The Origins of the Overclass":

"Journalism is a perfect cover for CIA agents. People talk freely to journalists, and few think suspiciously of a journalist aggressively searching for information. Journalists also have power, influence and clout. Not surprisingly, the CIA began a mission in the late 1940s to recruit American journalists on a wide scale, a mission it dubbed Operation MOCKINGBIRD. The agency wanted these journalists not only to relay any sensitive information they discovered, but also to write anti-communist, pro-capitalist propaganda when needed."

"Perhaps no newspaper is more important to the CIA than the Washington Post, one of the nation’s most right-wing dailies. Its location in the nation’s capitol enables the paper to maintain valuable personal contacts with leading intelligence, political and business figures. Unlike other newspapers, the Post operates its own bureaus around the world, rather than relying on AP wire services. Owner Philip Graham was a military intelligence officer in World War II, and later became close friends with CIA figures like Frank Wisner, Allen Dulles, Desmond FitzGerald and Richard Helms. He inherited the Post by marrying Katherine Graham, whose father owned it."

"Sig Mickelson was a CIA asset the entire time he was president of CBS News from 1954 to 1961. Later he went on to become president of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, two major outlets of CIA propaganda."

<Much More> :scared:

[UdoKier]

6. Good link.

R.I.P. Steve Kangas.

[Leilani]

7. I read somewhere that Woodward

had worked for the CIA.

I do NOT know if it is true.

[oasis]

8. William Kristol the PNACer and editor of the Weekly Standard. If

anyone fits that description, he does.

[JSJ]

9. evan thomas, newsweek editor- longtime agency schmuck n/t