Conspiracy // Operation Mockingbird

Operation Mockingbird

CIA programme from the late 1940s onwards to recruit US journalists and influence domestic and foreign news coverage.

ALSO KNOWN AS: Mockingbird

Confirmed by the 1975 Church Committee. Carl Bernstein’s 1977 Rolling Stone article remains a primary source for the programme’s scope.

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CS-26001 // Washington, D.C., United States

Operation Mockingbird

From the late 1940s through the 1970s the CIA held covert relationships with US journalists and news organisations, confirmed by the 1976 Church Committee. The popular codename "Mockingbird" is contested in the primary record; the programme it describes is not.

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