Are US media networks free?

jared2 · 11-02-2006, 12:23 PM

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media."

~William Colby, former CIA director

jared2 · 11-02-2006, 12:54 PM

Not according to a former CIA director.

daniel · 11-02-2006, 02:00 PM

I take that with a big grain of salt. The CIA does not need to "own" the major media, because the interests of the CIA and the interests of the owners of major media are congruent.

Does Colby mean the major media is on the CIA payroll? Or that they are so afraid of the CIA they do what they are told? Or merely that they trust the CIA to act in their own best interest and will therefore report the news the way the CIA advises them to?

After all, major media is owned by the same super-rich who own our government, of which the CIA is a part.

It might be more correct to say that major media is a shareholder in the CIA, and takes the CIA's advice the same way that when the electrician tells you you need a 20-amp circuit and X-gauge wiring in a given room of your house, you take his advice.

jared2 · 11-02-2006, 03:04 PM

"The CIA does not need to "own" the major media, because the interests of the CIA and the interests of the owners of major media are congruent."

Good point. I think he meant there are CIA shills in key editorial positions in the major US media outlets. These are the people who told us, for example, within a few hours of the 9/11 attacks, that it was Al-qaeda even though we still have no proof of this.

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daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 11,278 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 59 Thanked 201 Times in 127 Posts Friends: 0	I take that with a big grain of salt. The CIA does not need to "own" the major media, because the interests of the CIA and the interests of the owners of major media are congruent. Does Colby mean the major media is on the CIA payroll? Or that they are so afraid of the CIA they do what they are told? Or merely that they trust the CIA to act in their own best interest and will therefore report the news the way the CIA advises them to? After all, major media is owned by the same super-rich who own our government, of which the CIA is a part. It might be more correct to say that major media is a shareholder in the CIA, and takes the CIA's advice the same way that when the electrician tells you you need a 20-amp circuit and X-gauge wiring in a given room of your house, you take his advice. __________________ Daniel Primary car: 100% Electric 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera. Estimated range at 55 mph: 81 miles total or 64 miles to 80% discharge. Top speed 70 mph. Secondary car: Zap Xebra SD, also 100% electric. 1.9 cents per mile. Range: 40 miles total, or 32 miles to 80% discharge. Top speed 35 mph. Faster downhill. Both EVs use electrons generated from water power. Gas guzzler for when I have to travel farther than 60 miles: 2004 Prius. "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck

11-02-2006, 12:23 PM	#1
jared2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,615 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~William Colby, former CIA director

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jared2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,615 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Not according to a former CIA director.

11-02-2006, 03:04 PM	#4
jared2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,615 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	"The CIA does not need to "own" the major media, because the interests of the CIA and the interests of the owners of major media are congruent." Good point. I think he meant there are CIA shills in key editorial positions in the major US media outlets. These are the people who told us, for example, within a few hours of the 9/11 attacks, that it was Al-qaeda even though we still have no proof of this.