Deranged Rhino Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Shots fired.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 27 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: Food for thought: Is this string of public outings and the utter detonation of major media figures all in a row coincidence? Is it just the inevitable result of a viral #MeToo campaign? ... Or are we seeing a deliberate take down of a network? "In 1977, Carl Bernstein published an exposé of a CIA program known as Operation Mockingbird, a covert program involving, according to Bernstein, “more than 400 American journalists who in the past 25 years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency.” Bernstein found that in “many instances” CIA documents revealed that “journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.” https://www.thenation.com/article/why-are-the-media-taking-the-cias-hacking-claims-at-face-value/ Wild speculation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 28 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: Food for thought: Is this string of public outings and the utter detonation of major media figures all in a row coincidence? Is it just the inevitable result of a viral #MeToo campaign? ... Or are we seeing a deliberate take down of a network? "In 1977, Carl Bernstein published an exposé of a CIA program known as Operation Mockingbird, a covert program involving, according to Bernstein, “more than 400 American journalists who in the past 25 years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency.” Bernstein found that in “many instances” CIA documents revealed that “journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.” https://www.thenation.com/article/why-are-the-media-taking-the-cias-hacking-claims-at-face-value/ We're seeing a deliberate takedown...but it has nothing to do with intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 minute ago, DC Tom said: We're seeing a deliberate takedown...but it has nothing to do with intel. I can't say that definitively, especially when you factor in the timing, the going ons in KSA, and the amount of mockingbird types being shown the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I thought the CIA funded Arts and Culture and all kinds of public things since WW2, explains Jackson Pollock and other things that HAD to be funded 100% by covert operations. It was a good project, showed that America actually had something in intellectual work to compare to Europe and the USSR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 minute ago, row_33 said: I thought the CIA funded Arts and Culture and all kinds of public things since WW2, explains Jackson Pollock and other things that HAD to be funded 100% by covert operations. It was a good project, showed that America actually had something in intellectual work to compare to Europe and the USSR. Although their greatest work was in food preparation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 4 minutes ago, row_33 said: I thought the CIA funded Arts and Culture and all kinds of public things since WW2, explains Jackson Pollock and other things that HAD to be funded 100% by covert operations. It was a good project, showed that America actually had something in intellectual work to compare to Europe and the USSR. CIA has its hands in a lot of Hollywood money and studios - though it's largely through contractors like Rand. The WGA gives writers contact information at Langley (and other various government agencies) to reach out with research questions for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: CIA has its hands in a lot of Hollywood money and studios - though it's largely through contractors like Rand. The WGA gives writers contact information at Langley (and other various government agencies) to reach out with research questions for free. No..... it funded art careers, major magazines, symphonies, composers, writers, TV news, anything to show that Capitalism could compete with Communism in the Arts... Bobby Fischer was the first to whip the Commies at their own game... a price highly paid. So I am content that the CIA and coverts funded American culture. We sure could use some more of this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Just now, row_33 said: No..... it funded art careers, major magazines, symphonies, composers, writers, TV news, anything to show that Capitalism could compete with Communism in the Arts... Bobby Fischer was the first to whip the Commies at their own game... a price highly paid. It did that too. But that wasn't all the agency was doing in Tinseltown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: It did that too. But that wasn't all the agency was doing in Tinseltown. Fair enough, Tinseltown isn't a niche interest for me though... Except for the composers and writers that were given protection in Los Angeles from WW2 atrocities, thank goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 NPR’s Chief News Editor departs amid sexual harassment allegations by three women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 The only people protected from their social life are the landed gentry of great fortune. They make sure that their situations are well taken care of. The noveau riche like Weinstein and Lauer and others are very gauche in dealing with the power that their $$$ and job status afford them, and nobody is there to back them up when it explodes on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 5 hours ago, row_33 said: No..... it funded art careers, major magazines, symphonies, composers, writers, TV news, anything to show that Capitalism could compete with Communism in the Arts... Bobby Fischer was the first to whip the Commies at their own game... a price highly paid. So I am content that the CIA and coverts funded American culture. We sure could use some more of this.... And the Rooskies "knew" for certain that Spassky's poor play was the result of the agency's intervention. 5 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: Food for thought: Is this string of public outings and the utter detonation of major media figures all in a row coincidence? Is it just the inevitable result of a viral #MeToo campaign? ... Or are we seeing a deliberate take down of a network? "In 1977, Carl Bernstein published an exposé of a CIA program known as Operation Mockingbird, a covert program involving, according to Bernstein, “more than 400 American journalists who in the past 25 years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency.” Bernstein found that in “many instances” CIA documents revealed that “journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.” https://www.thenation.com/article/why-are-the-media-taking-the-cias-hacking-claims-at-face-value/ Face it. The only CIA involvement that Lauer had was delivering cocaine that he carried in pouches in his butt to the rhythmic gymnasts and water polo teams in Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Back in 1977, Carl was convinced, along with most of the media and the Dems, that the USSR were the goods guys and the US was the most evil thing ever to exist on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, Nanker said: Face it. The only CIA involvement that Lauer had was delivering cocaine that he carried in pouches in his butt to the rhythmic gymnasts and water polo teams in Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 7 hours ago, DC Tom said: Although their greatest work was in food preparation... On further reflection, it’s seeming better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 So NBC ignored complaints about Lauer for years? Sue NBC right out of existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 10 hours ago, row_33 said: So NBC ignored complaints about Lauer for years? Sue NBC right out of existence. Worse than that...Lauer's remote push-bitton lock on his desk doesn't get installed without facilities involved. So NBC didn't just ignore complaints. They facilitated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 ROGER SIMON: TOTALLY REVAMP THE ETHICS COMMITTEES AND THE OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE. 268 settlements? Does anyone know what they were? Who paid that $17.2 million and on whose behalf? Don’t we have a right to know how it was spent, er, how we taxpayers were fleeced by our representatives? Apparently not. At least tell who the harassers are who got a free ride. Read the whole thing. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 1 hour ago, DC Tom said: Worse than that...Lauer's remote push-bitton lock on his desk doesn't get installed without facilities involved. So NBC didn't just ignore complaints. They facilitated him. I am not following this at all but he really had a push button lock like that? Jesus. These dudes are monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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