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🎙️ Wake Up with Robbie Gawel – Season 2, Episode 5:
Operation Mockingbird—How the CIA Played the Press Description:
What if the "free press" was never truly free?
👀 In this explosive episode of Wake Up with Robbie Gawel, we dive into Operation Mockingbird—the CIA's covert campaign to infiltrate America's newsrooms and shape public opinion from the shadows.
From The New York Times to CBS to Time Magazine, the world's most trusted outlets weren't always telling the whole truth. Based on real historical evidence—including Carl Bernstein's 1977 Rolling Stone investigation—this episode uncovers how over 400 journalists were allegedly connected to the CIA.
We'll break down:
🧠 How Operation Mockingbird began in the post–World War II era
📰 The media moguls and journalists who played along
🕵️ The Church Committee's shocking revelations in the 1970s
⚠️ And the modern echoes that still ripple through today's media From propaganda to perception control—this is the episode that'll make you question everything you thought you knew about the news.
💬 Listen now and WAKE UP. Because the truth isn't always trending.
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