Operation Mockingbird: How Much of Your News Is Really News?
Ever felt like most news channels are just saying the same thing, just in slightly different words? You might not be wrong, and here’s why: Operation Mockingbird. This CIA program, rumored to have been launched in the Cold War era, involved the CIA putting its own agents into major newsrooms or influencing journalists to push certain stories. The alleged aim? To make sure what people were hearing on TV, radio, and reading in the papers lined up with what the CIA wanted them to know.
Some say 95% of what we hear or read goes through editors or journalists who might have direct or indirect ties to this operation. Imagine that—practically everything that shapes public opinion first passes through someone who could be following a CIA-approved script!
Now, some skeptics argue that Mockingbird is old news, but that’s the thing: with today’s media landscape and the power of just a few mega-corporations controlling most of what we consume, it’s easier than ever to keep stories tightly under control. It might not be as in-your-face as it was, but if history shows us anything, it’s that information control has been and always will be a powerful tool.
So, next time you see all major networks hammering on the same angle, remember: it’s worth questioning who might be behind the headlines and why.
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