washingtons blogeveryone talk fake news google trend show start late october phrase absolutely explode term internet search last month obama merkel cnn new york time washington post many mainstream media warn dangers fake news.there certainly lot fake news anti-establishment type try discredit american institutions false reports.but document government mainstream media far big purveyors fake news.the government deploy propaganda u.s. soil many yearsthe unite state senate select committee study governmental operations respect intelligence activities find 1975 cia submit stories american press 1953 network oversee allen w. dull director cia time operation mockingbird major influence 25 newspapers wire agencies usual methodology place report develop intelligence provide cia witting unwitting reporters report would repeat cite precede reporters turn would cite throughout media wire services.the office policy coordination opc fund siphon fund intend marshall plan i.e rebuild europe u.s. wwii money use bribe journalists publishers.in 2008 new york time write early years cold war prominent writers artists arthur schlesinger jr. jackson pollock support sometimes lavishly always secretly c.i.a part propaganda war soviet union perhaps successful use soft power american history.a cia operative tell washington post owner philip graham conversation willingness journalists peddle cia propaganda cover stories could get journalist cheap good call girl couple hundred dollars month famed watergate reporter carl bernstein write 1977 400 american journalists past twenty five years secretly carry assignments central intelligence agency accord document file cia headquarter many instance cia document show journalists engage perform task cia consent managements america lead news organizations among executives lend cooperation agency head cbs time new york time louisville courier journal copley news service organizations cooperate cia include abc nbc ap upi reuters hearst newspapers scripps howard newsweek magazine mutual broadcast system miami herald old saturday even post new york herald tribune ample evidence america lead publishers news executives allow organizations become handmaidens intelligence service let pick poor reporters god sake william colby exclaim one point church committee investigators let go managements cia even run formal train program 1950s teach agents journalists intelligence officer teach make noise like reporters explain high cia official place major news organizations help management year 1950s early 1960s cbs correspondents join cia hierarchy private dinners brief allen dull often intercede good friend late henry luce founder timeand life magazines readily allow certain members staff work agency agree provide job credentials cia operatives lack journalistic experience 1950s early 1960s time magazine foreign correspondents attend cia brief dinners similar cia hold cbs newsweek purchase washington post company publisher philip l. graham inform agency officials cia occasionally use magazine cover purpose accord cia source widely know phil graham somebody could get help say former deputy director agency frank wisner deal wisner deputy director cia 1950 shortly suicide 1965 agency premier orchestrator black operations include many journalists involve wisner like boast mighty wurlitzer wondrous propaganda instrument build play help press november 1973 cia claim end program colby tell reporters editors new york time washington star agency three dozen american newsmen cia payroll include five work general circulation news organizations yet even senate intelligence committee hold hear 1976 accord high level cia source cia continue maintain tie seventy five ninety journalists every description executives reporters stringers photographers columnists bureau clerk members broadcast technical crew half move cia contract payrolls still bind secret agreements agency accord unpublished report house select committee intelligence chair representative otis pike least fifteen news organizations still provide cover cia operatives 1976 officials knowledgeable subject say figure 400 american journalists low side lot representations stuff get big name journalism would get smear .an expert propaganda testify oath trial cia employ thousands reporters own media organizations whether estimate accurate clear many prominent reporters still report cia.a 4-part bbc documentary call century self show american freud nephew edward bernays create modern field manipulation public perceptions u.s. government extensively use techniques.john pilger highly-regarded journalist bbc world affairs editor john simpson remark country john pilger journalism feeble place indeed pilger say 2007 know bbc british media use british secret intelligence service mi-6 call operation mass appeal mi-6 agents plant stories saddam weapons mass destruction weapons hide palaces secret underground bunker stories fake one favorite stories cold war concern group russian journalists tour unite state final day visit ask host impressions tell say spokesman astonish find read newspapers watch tv day day opinions vital issue get result country send journalists gulag even tear fingernails secret nick davies write independent 2008 first time human history concert strategy manipulate global perception mass media operate compliant assistants fail resist expose it.the sheer ease machinery able work reflect creep structural weakness afflict production news spend last two years research book falsehood distortion propaganda global media.the zarqawi letter make front page new york time february 2004 one sequence highly suspect document say write either zarqawi feed news media.this material generate part intelligence agencies continue work without effective oversight also new essentially benign structure strategic communications originally design doves pentagon nato want use subtle non-violent tactics deal islamist terrorism whose efforts poorly regulate badly supervise result practitioners break loose engage black arts propaganda pentagon designate information operations fifth core competency alongside land sea air special force since october 2006 every brigade division corps us military psyop element produce output local media military activity link state department campaign public diplomacy include fund radio station news websites britain directorate target information operations ministry defence work specialists 15 uk psyops base defence intelligence security school chicksands bedfordshire.in case british intelligence see combination reckless propaganda failure oversight work case operation mass appeal expose former un arm inspector scott ritter describe book iraq confidential london june 1998 introduce two black propaganda specialists mi6 want give material could spread editors writers work us time time .the government still pay reporters spread disinformation corporate media act like virtual escort service moneyed elites sell access price powerful government officials instead actually investigate report officials doing.one ways u.s. government spread propaganda make sure get version first example head u.s. information agency television film division alvin a. snyder write book warriors disinformation lie videotape usia cold war governments include lie suit purpose key lie first another casualty always war first truth story accidental russian shoot-down korean airliner remember pretty much way tell 1983 way really happened.in 2013 american congress repeal formal ban deployment propaganda u.s. citizens live american soil even less constrain propaganda before.one common use propaganda sell unnecessary counter-productive war give american media always pro-war mainstream publishers producers editors reporters will participants.it lie saddam non-existent weapons mass destruction corporate media still sell lie promote war old generation pioneer domestic propaganda techniques pass scene many prot still around along organizations national endowment democracy form 1983 urge cia director casey supervision walter raymond nsc operation still run neocon carl gershman even big budget exceed 100 million year.gershman ned play important behind-the-scenes roles instigate ukraine crisis finance activists journalists operatives support coup elect president yanukovych ned-backed freedom house also beat propaganda drum see consortiumnews.com shadow foreign policy two reagan-era veterans elliott abrams robert kagan provide important intellectual support continue u.s. interventionism around world early year kagan article new republic entitle superpowers get retire touch raw nerve president obama host kagan white house lunch craft presidential commencement speech west point deflect kagan criticism obama hesitancy use military force rupert murdoch media empire big ever .another key american propaganda constant repetition propaganda business insider report 2013 lt. col. daniel davis highly-respected officer release critical report regard distortion truth senior military officials iraq afghanistan .from lt. col. davis context colonel leap imply ought change law enable public affairs officer influence american public opinion deem necessary protect key friendly center gravity wit us national smith-mundt modernization act 2012 appear serve purpose allow american public target audience u.s. government-funded information campaigns.davis also quote brigadier general ralph o. baker pentagon officer responsible department defense joint force development define information operations io activities undertake shape essential narrative conflict situation thus affect attitudes behaviors target audience brig gen. baker go equate descriptions combat operations standard market strategy repeat something accept years commercial advertisers base advertisement strategies premise positive correlation number time consumer expose product advertisement consumer inclination sample new product principle apply influence target audiences conduct coin.and thousands hours per week government-funded radio tv program appear serve baker strategy state repetition key tenet io execution failure constantly drive home consistent message dilute impact target audiences government massively manipulate web social media form communicationof course web social media become huge media platform pentagon government agencies massively manipulate both.documents release snowden show spy manipulate poll website popularity pageview count censor videos like amplify message do.the cia government agencies also put enormous energy push propaganda throughmovies television video games.cross-border propagandapropaganda limit border sometimes government plant disinformation american media order mislead foreigners example official government summary america overthrow democratically-elected president iran 1950 state cooperation department state cia several article plant major american newspapers magazines reproduce iran desire psychological effect iran contribute war nerve mossadeq page .the cia also bribe lead foreign journalists.and cnn accept money brutal bahrani dictatorship run pro-monarchy propaganda.everyone challenge status quo label purveyor fake news worsethe first amendment u.s. constitution protect freedom press censorship government.indeed entire reason unlawful government stop stories print would punish criticize power.why found father know governments like british monarchy always crack point emperor clothes.but freedom press massive attack america today example powers-that-be argue highly-paid corporate media shill act stenographers fatcats constitutional protections guarantee freedom press.a harvard law school professor argue first amendment outdated abandoned.when financially-savvy bloggers challenge federal reserve policy feed official call bloggers stupid unqualified comment.and government treat real investigative reporters like criminals even terrorists read msm lie 21st century wire msm file reveal us government-media complex master fake news