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| − | The '''Media-intelligence complex''' is an informal alliance between the nation's [[intelligence community]] and the [[mainstream media]] which seen together is a vested interest influencing [[public opinion]] and [[policy]].<ref>https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/trump-is-challenging-the-whole-cia-media-nexus/</ref> A driving factor in this relationship between the [[government]] and corporate media is that both sides benefit. | + | [[File:Full-spectrum-cyber-effects-final-p4-large.gif|right|300px|thumb|US Government document from 2010 part of the Snowden leaks and sharing agreements with the [[UK]]. The [[Five Eyes]] program of the English speaking world (United States, United Kingdom, [[Canada]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]]) use [[social media]] for “[[propaganda]],” “[[deception]],” “mass messaging,” “pushing stories”, and "discrediting” the intelligence agencies' enemies with false information spread online.<ref>https://theintercept.com/document/2014/04/04/full-spectrum-cyber-effects/</ref>]] |
| | + | The '''Media-intelligence complex''' also known as the '''Censorship Industrial Complex''' is an informal alliance between the nation's [[intelligence community]] and the [[mainstream media]] which seen together is a vested interest influencing [[public opinion]] and [[policy]].<ref>https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/trump-is-challenging-the-whole-cia-media-nexus/</ref> A driving factor in this relationship between the [[government]] and corporate media is that both sides benefit. |
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| | The term has come to be used in reference to the system behind the intelligence community of the [[United States]], where it is most prevalent. Its origin is borrowed from a term in the farewell address of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], warning of the dangers of the [[military-industrial complex]]. Unlike the [[military]], there is no tradition of outside [[civilian]] control of the Intelligence Community, which has exploded in size and influence since Eisenhower's day. | | The term has come to be used in reference to the system behind the intelligence community of the [[United States]], where it is most prevalent. Its origin is borrowed from a term in the farewell address of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], warning of the dangers of the [[military-industrial complex]]. Unlike the [[military]], there is no tradition of outside [[civilian]] control of the Intelligence Community, which has exploded in size and influence since Eisenhower's day. |
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| | {{See also|Trump-Russia|Biden-Ukraine}} | | {{See also|Trump-Russia|Biden-Ukraine}} |
| | The ''[[Washington Post]]'' is essentially the propaganda mouthpiece of the US intelligence community through its owner and frontman, [[Jeff Bezos]], who is under CIA contract for cloud service. | | The ''[[Washington Post]]'' is essentially the propaganda mouthpiece of the US intelligence community through its owner and frontman, [[Jeff Bezos]], who is under CIA contract for cloud service. |
| − | | + | [[File:Indict WaPo.PNG|left|350|thumb|Under the legal theory proposed by rogue special counsel [[Jack Smith]] in the [[Trump insurrection hoax]], ''The Washington Post'' should be indicted for attempting to defraud the US Government.]] |
| | In March 2013, the CIA awarded a $600 million contract to Amazon Web Services for a computing cloud system which would allow all 17 agencies of the US intelligence community to coordinate and share information.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-details-about-the-cias-deal-with-amazon/374632/</ref> The General Accounting Office found the deal violated the open bidding process, but a federal court stood by the CIA's decision. | | In March 2013, the CIA awarded a $600 million contract to Amazon Web Services for a computing cloud system which would allow all 17 agencies of the US intelligence community to coordinate and share information.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-details-about-the-cias-deal-with-amazon/374632/</ref> The General Accounting Office found the deal violated the open bidding process, but a federal court stood by the CIA's decision. |
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| | In October of the same year Jeff Bezos, founder of [[Amazon.com]] and the 6th richest billionaire on the planet worth $66 billion, purchased the ''[[Washington Post]]'' with proceeds of the deal.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html?utm_term=.8fea51fb3097</ref> Amazon remains under contract for continuing service of the system. | | In October of the same year Jeff Bezos, founder of [[Amazon.com]] and the 6th richest billionaire on the planet worth $66 billion, purchased the ''[[Washington Post]]'' with proceeds of the deal.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html?utm_term=.8fea51fb3097</ref> Amazon remains under contract for continuing service of the system. |
| | The Institute for Public Accuracy released a statement condemning the move.<ref>https://medium.com/@SarahRRunge/amazon-the-washington-post-and-the-cia-d68a4ee802e#.406uub5gw</ref> | | The Institute for Public Accuracy released a statement condemning the move.<ref>https://medium.com/@SarahRRunge/amazon-the-washington-post-and-the-cia-d68a4ee802e#.406uub5gw</ref> |
| − | {{Quotebox|When the main shareholder in one of the very largest corporations in the world benefits from a massive contract with the CIA on the one hand, and that same billionaire owns the ''Washington Post'' on the other hand, there are serious problems. The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the [[United States]], and how it covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media. Citizens need to know about this [[conflict of interest]] in the columns of the Post itself.}} | + | {{Quotebox-float|When the main shareholder in one of the very largest corporations in the world benefits from a massive contract with the CIA on the one hand, and that same billionaire owns the ''Washington Post'' on the other hand, there are serious problems. The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the [[United States]], and how it covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media. Citizens need to know about this [[conflict of interest]] in the columns of the Post itself.}} |
| | The ''[[Nation magazine|Nation]]'' magazine also condemned the conflict of interest. | | The ''[[Nation magazine|Nation]]'' magazine also condemned the conflict of interest. |
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| | Many have noted the bizarre number of former [[Obama Administration]] [[DOJ]], [[FBI]] and [[Intelligence Community]] officials who have gone to work within the U.S. media. Former CIA Director [[John Brennan]] working for NBC; former [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] working for CNN; former FBI Chief Legal Counsel [[James Baker (DOJ)|James Baker]] working for Lawfare blog; former FBI Supervisory Special Agent [[Josh Campbell]] working for CNN; former Obama adviser [[Ben Rhodes]] now working for [[MSNBC]]; [[Jim Sciutto]] working for CNN, etc. | | Many have noted the bizarre number of former [[Obama Administration]] [[DOJ]], [[FBI]] and [[Intelligence Community]] officials who have gone to work within the U.S. media. Former CIA Director [[John Brennan]] working for NBC; former [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] working for CNN; former FBI Chief Legal Counsel [[James Baker (DOJ)|James Baker]] working for Lawfare blog; former FBI Supervisory Special Agent [[Josh Campbell]] working for CNN; former Obama adviser [[Ben Rhodes]] now working for [[MSNBC]]; [[Jim Sciutto]] working for CNN, etc. |
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| − | Sundance of theconservativetreehouse.com observed: {{quotebox|"we are now witnessing is something far beyond [[Pravda]] and [[Baghdad Bob]]. What we now see is an even more severe distortion of media; an alternate reality created as if the [[Stasi]] and [[Tokyo Rose]] joined forces to take control of U.S. broadcasts.<br><br>If the head of the [[KGB]] was an analyst for [[Russia Today]], people would laugh. The ''[[New York Times]]'' would continue pointing at the example as a reason never to believe the stories. Yet, identically, former [[CIA]] Director John Brennan is on TV daily and almost no-one gives it a second thought.<br><br>A surreal distortion of reality, hence [[Kafkaesque]]."}} | + | Sundance of theconservativetreehouse.com observed: {{quotebox|"we are now witnessing is something far beyond [[Pravda]] and [[Baghdad Bob]]. What we now see is an even more severe distortion of media; an alternate reality created as if the [[Stasi]] and [[Tokyo Rose]] joined forces to take control of U.S. broadcasts.<br><br>If the head of the [[KGB]] was an analyst for [[Russia Today]], people would laugh. The ''[[New York Times]]'' would continue pointing at the example as a reason never to believe the stories. Yet, identically, former [[CIA]] Director John Brennan is on TV daily and almost no-one gives it a second thought.<br><br>A surreal distortion of reality, hence [[Kafka]]esque."}} |
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| | ==Companymen== | | ==Companymen== |
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| | ==Examples past and present== | | ==Examples past and present== |
| | The work of a journalist lends itself well to the field of intelligence activity, both in information gathering and mass propagandizing. Below is a list of deceased persons incorporating international journalists who did intelligence work. | | The work of a journalist lends itself well to the field of intelligence activity, both in information gathering and mass propagandizing. Below is a list of deceased persons incorporating international journalists who did intelligence work. |
| − | | + | [[File:Schindler Jan 12.png|right|350px|thumb|Langley's 7th floor is a reference to CIA headquarters.]] |
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| | *[[Jim Sciutto]] | | *[[Jim Sciutto]] |
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| | *[[Fake News]] | | *[[Fake News]] |
| | *[[Propaganda]] | | *[[Propaganda]] |
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| | *[[Amazon.com]] | | *[[Amazon.com]] |
| | *[[Qanon]] | | *[[Qanon]] |
| | *[[Deep state coup]] | | *[[Deep state coup]] |
| | *[[Big Tech]] | | *[[Big Tech]] |
| | + | *[[USAID]] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:Fake News]] | | [[Category:Fake News]] |
| | [[Category:United States Presidential Election, 2016]][[Category:United States Presidential Election, 2020]] | | [[Category:United States Presidential Election, 2016]][[Category:United States Presidential Election, 2020]] |
| | + | [[Category:USAID]] |