Mock (yeah) Ing (yeah) Bird (yeah)

[marykmusic]

Operation Mockingbird, the CIA creating "news," is even older than its name.<br><br>Hopefully nobody here really thinks that it's a recent development, the compromising of the media... remember the Maine?<br><br>From <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOCKINGBIRD" target="top">here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> comes an overview of Operation Mockingbird. Here's a bit:<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>One of the most important journalists under the control of Operation Mockingbird was Joseph Alsop, whose articles appeared in over 300 different newspapers. Other journalists willing to promote the views of the CIA included Stewart Alsop (New York Herald Tribune), Ben Bradlee (Newsweek), James Reston (New York Times), Charles Douglas Jackson (Time Magazine), Walter Pincus (Washington Post), William C. Baggs (Miami News), Herb Gold (Miami News) and Charles Bartlett (Chattanooga Times). [6] According to Nina Burleigh (A Very Private Woman) these journalists sometimes wrote articles that were commissioned by Frank Wisner. The CIA also provided them with classified information to help them with their work. [7]<br><br>After 1953 the network was overseen by Allen W. Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. By this time Operation Mockingbird had a major influence over 25 newspapers and wire agencies. These organizations were run by people with well-known right-wing views such as William Paley (CBS), Henry Luce (Time Magazine and Life Magazine), Arthur Hays Sulzberger (New York Times), Alfred Friendly (managing editor of the Washington Post), Jerry O'Leary (Washington Star), Hal Hendrix (Miami News), Barry Bingham Sr., (Louisville Courier-Journal), James Copley (Copley News Services) and Joseph Harrison (Christian Science Monitor). [8]</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>I've got a lot of interest in this subject... --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[FourthBase]

I can only imagine that the presence of CIA-linked journalists in the media has increased over time. <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

HAVE U HEARD?<br><br>Mockingbirds and chickenhawks soiling all over humanity<br>and the chemtrails to numb and dumb <p></p><i></i>

[PeterofLoneTree]

FWIW, I remember learning the lyrics to "Mockingbird Hill" as a child in grade school--and I'm kind of an old geezer.<br><br>The lyrics to children's songs "Mockingbird Hill" and "Listen to the Mockingbird"<br>can be read at <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://tinyurl.com/qbwmy">tinyurl.com/qbwmy</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> and <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nmhuw">tinyurl.com/nmhuw</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>In addition, there's an article entitled "CHERYL SEAL REPORTS: 'Listen to the Mockingbird': Deconstructing the CIA-Style Disinformation 'Song' of the Washington Post" at <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mn5oz">tinyurl.com/mn5oz</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Where's MaryKMusic now that I really need her to accompany me while I belt out the lyrics.<br><br>"GOODNEWS" UPDATE:<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"Gannett quarterly earnings drop; newspapers struggle"</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hrlxr">tinyurl.com/hrlxr</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters) - <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Gannett Co. Inc. on Wednesday said quarterly earnings fell 11 percent as advertising revenue dropped at its newspapers, including the flagship USA Today, while high newsprint costs rose further."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Circulation's off too. Maybe people are catching on a tiny bit. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=peteroflonetree@rigorousintuition>PeterofLoneTree</A> at: 4/12/06 2:46 pm<br></i>

[Col Quisp]

I would disagree with the characterization of Barry Bingham Sr. as right-wing. His family founded the Courier Journal, which used to be one of the most liberal, respected papers in the country, until Gannett swallowed it up. The Binghams were compassionate members of upper crust society, who donated great sums to the city and its poor. I seriously doubt that he was working for the CIA.<br><br>Here is a list of Pulitzers won by Bingham's paper:<br>Pulitzer Prize<br><br>1918         Editorial Writing         Henry Watterson         For his two World War I editorials "War Has Its Compensation" (10 April 191<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> , and "Vae Victis" (17 May 191<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> .<br><br>1926         Reporting         William Burke "Skeets" Miller         <br>For his coverage of the attempts to rescue Floyd Collins trapped in Sand Cave, now part of Mammoth Cave National Park (February, 1925).<br><br>1956         Editoral Cartooning         Robert York         For his cartoon "Achilles" showing a bulging figure of American prosperity<br>tapering to a weak heel labeled "farm prices". Appeared in The Louisville Times, (16 September 1955).<br><br>1967         Public Service         The Courier Journal         For its "meritorious public service" during 1966 in its fight against the ravages of Kentucky strip mining.<br><br>1969         Local General or Spot News Reporting         John Fetterman For coverage of the funeral for a Vietnam casualty from Kentucky, "PFC Gibson comes home" (28 July 196<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> .<br><br>1976         Feature Photography         The Courier Journal and The Louisville Times         For photo coverage of court-ordered busing in Jefferson County in 1975.<br><br>1978         Local General or Spot News Reporting         Rich Whitt         For his coverage and three months of investigation of the disastrous 28 May 1977 fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky in Campbell County.<br><br>1980         International Reporting         Joel Brinkley and Jay Mather         For international reporting in a series of articles,"Living the Cambodian Nightmare," their vivid account of refugees in Southeast Asia (December, 1979).<br><br>1989         General Reporting         The Courier Journal         For its exemplary initial coverage of a bus crash in Carroll County, Kentucky that claimed 27 lives and its subsequent thorough and effective examination of the causes and implications of the tragedy (198<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> .<br><br>2005         Editorial Cartoon         Nick Anderson         None<br><br>Source: Wikipedia, of course! <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=colquisp>Col Quisp</A> at: 4/12/06 2:18 pm<br></i>

[marykmusic]

...was the theme song to the Three Stooges.<br><br>Surprised?<br><br>Wonder what those brothers and cousins knew? --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

It is about to become much harder for neophytes to find 'Operation Mockingbird' with a search engine.<br><br>The author of the book made into the famous movie 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is allowing a books-on-tape production to go forward.<br><br>The Mockingbird Media will use this event to hijack the keyword in search engines the same way they have other 'subversive' keywords.<br><br>Not only that, but the plot device in the story of a black man falsely accused of rape will play into the False Memory Syndrome Foundation themes which are even now being channeled through...OPRAH. Yes, Oprah. <br><br>Oprah Magazine's April 2006 edition has a story about false confessions and includes comments by <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>False Memory Syndrome Foundation spychiatrist Elizabeth Loftus</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> who has had lawsuits filed against her for interfering in child abuse cases.<br><br>I wondered why back in 2003 Oprah got discredited by promoting a fraudulant book called 'A Million Little Pieces' by a guy claiming to have recovered after being institutionalized for drugs and violence. After selling a zillion copies, his story turned out to be false. <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.optionstrading.com.au/product-detail/190/book/0307276902">www.optionstrading.com.au...0307276902</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Now I know why this scam happened. Oprah's cult of TV-watching women has been made into a conduit for mind viruses to protect men from sexual abuse charges and cover up the old MKUltra ritual abuse crimes which still go on. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hughmanateewins>Hugh Manatee Wins</A> at: 4/12/06 7:34 pm<br></i>

[starroute]

Collection of articles on Mockingbird<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/MOCK/mockingbird.html">www.whatreallyhappened.co...gbird.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Mainly about Drew Pearson<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://216.122.129.112/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=3&topic_id=23703&mesg_id=24019">216.122.129.112/dc/dcboar...g_id=24019</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>The Washington Post<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.namebase.org/davis.html">www.namebase.org/davis.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Carl Bernstein writing in Rolling Stone<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://danwismar.com/uploads/Bernstein%20-%20CIA%20and%20Media.htm">danwismar.com/uploads/Ber...0Media.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>

[FourthBase]

Not sure how the new movie would drown out searches for "Operation Mockingbird", unless they write a hospital visit into the new script?<br><br>Oprah, I'm fairly convinced, is a Scientologist, and not to be trusted. <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

All the heavily weighted media websites will cover the new 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and that's what will come up with most searches for 'Mockingbird.'<br><br>The prosecution of David Irving saturated searches for 'Eichmann' with his trial and displaced any mention of the CIA's hiring of five of Eichmann's assistants which was in released documents back in 2/05.<br><br>Keyword hijacking.<br><br>I've been researching some of the disinfo being run through Oprah.<br><br>Now if Oprah were a Scientologist too, that would be really scary.<br><br>She does have shrinks on her show, though, yes? <br>Well, mostly self-helpers with limited hang-out hand-holdy bandaid offerings of understanding.<br><br>Ya really think she's one of ...them?<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[FourthBase]

She has WAY TOO MANY Scientologists on her show. She doesn't just invite them, she absolutely lathers them with adulation. John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Juliette Lewis, Lisa Marie Presley, Kirstie Alley, among many. Either Lewis or Presley had two consecutive shows devoted to her recently.<br><br>Not to mention the reports that she'd been recruited but told them she's a Baptist.<br><br>She does also have quite a few psychobabblers, too.<br>But I wonder if the Scientologists' beef is with psychiatrists in particular, not simply psychology.<br><br>Anyhoo, this can be a separate thread if you want.<br><br>Re: Mockingbird, you're talking about merely typing the word "mockingbird"? Don't you just get hits for the actual bird? <p></p><i></i>

[marykmusic]

Something I've learned recently is to use quotation marks to get an entire phrase searched. "Operation Mockingbird" will still get you there. Otherwise, the words are broken apart and used separately.<br><br>Oprah... I don't watch TV, but it seems that a LOT of Hollywood figures are Scientologists, so maybe it's simply numbers that guarantees a number of them a spot on her show. --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I've been researching some of the disinfo being run through Oprah.<br><br>Now if Oprah were a Scientologist too, that would be really scary.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Man, if you take that Teslar watch thing that I pointed out a while ago and run with it, I'm going to be a little pissed. I know you didn't mention it, but I can see you latching on to the chain of associations leading to Puharich and getting stuck in the details. Oprah doesn't need to be a Scientologist by doctrine -- she's pretty much got her own "religion" going on, by creating "taste", taking kickbacks from promotional agencies and covering her ass with charity. <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=thoughtographer>thoughtographer</A> at: 4/13/06 2:13 pm<br></i>

[FourthBase]

Oprah is <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>particularly</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> devoted to her Scientologist guests.<br><br>Maybe she's not one herself, but still mixed up in the cult somehow.<br>I have no idea. But there's definitely something there. <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Oprah is particularly devoted to her Scientologist guests.<br><br>Maybe she's not one herself, but still mixed up in the cult somehow.<br>I have no idea. But there's definitely something there.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>I totally agree. <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>