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Mc Mike

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34. Excellent o.p. and sub-posts. Thanks, Octa. nt.

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The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America [View all] Octafish Aug 2015 OP

Perhaps that article also points to why some so strongly de-emphasize the "U" in "DU" as well.... villager Aug 2015 #1

Christopher Pyle sheds light on the rationale... Octafish Aug 2015 #4

K&R 2naSalit Aug 2015 #2

A History of Threat Escalation: Remembering Team B Octafish Aug 2015 #5

No Problem... 2naSalit Aug 2015 #12

The backstory to Team B and the pro-space movement LongTomH Aug 2015 #13

k and r bbgrunt Aug 2015 #3

Journalism and the CIA: The Mighty Wurlitzer Octafish Aug 2015 #6

Secret Government ''Managing'' the News is NOT Ancient History. Octafish Aug 2015 #7

News from the intersection of secret spying powers and privatized profits... Octafish Aug 2015 #8

With much agreement right here on DU....amazing! haikugal Sep 2015 #31

It's beyond a Wurlitzer-it's a heavenly choir thanks to NASA (Dulles's PAPERCLIP pals) et.al. K&R bobthedrummer Aug 2015 #9

''Target Audience'' Octafish Aug 2015 #15

k and r nashville_brook Aug 2015 #10

J Edgar Hoover with Supercomputers Octafish Aug 2015 #17

Kickety rec. hifiguy Aug 2015 #11

I'm pretty sure you mean this thread, for those who may have somehow missed it Electric Monk Aug 2015 #14

Thanks! haikugal Sep 2015 #33

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2015 #16

Best way to predict the future is to make it happen. Octafish Aug 2015 #21

Lisa Pease: OPC “became the fastest-growing unit within the nascent CIA,” MinM Aug 2015 #18

I have the honor of meeting Lisa Pease. Octafish Aug 2015 #22

Real History Blog MinM Sep 2015 #39

Ms. Pease wrote about CIA and Otis Pike Octafish Sep 2015 #40

Thank you for this thread. I didn't see it until a moment ago. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #19

The CIA and the Media: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know Octafish Aug 2015 #24

Kick and an invitation to join in on a discussion of "information operations" aka Psy-Ops for those bobthedrummer Aug 2015 #20

Michael Hastings made somebody very nervous. Octafish Sep 2015 #25

HUGE K&R CrawlingChaos Aug 2015 #23

It used to be against the law, directing propaganda against the American people. Octafish Sep 2015 #26

the crux of the biscuit reddread Sep 2015 #27

Freedom is for those who can afford it. Poor kids rot unknown in jail for five years and die... Octafish Sep 2015 #29

Having lived through that propaganda age I was very jwirr Sep 2015 #28

Wall Street would profit immensely from the Cold War, hence ''Team B.'' Octafish Sep 2015 #36

It used to be conservatives who distrust government jwirr Sep 2015 #38

Wait; is that, could that possibly be, and involving all sorts of people, a.....govt CONSPIRACY?? WinkyDink Sep 2015 #30

Journalism and the CIA: The Mighty Wurlitzer Octafish Sep 2015 #35

Prof. Christopher Simpson has published the best work on the subject of CIA propaganda, IMHO. leveymg Sep 2015 #32

Excellent o.p. and sub-posts. Thanks, Octa. nt. Mc Mike Sep 2015 #34

News from the intersection of secret spying powers and privatized profits... Octafish Sep 2015 #41

k & r & thanks! n/t wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #37

There was no justification to lock the other recent Octafish CIA thread. PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #42