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pmachinery | 5 years ago

Stomach churning torture, abuse and mass murder of humans in the Phoenix Program, Abu Ghraib, MKUltra; overthrows of democratic governments; support of terrorist death squads; helping to facilitate the crack epidemic in the US and destroying the life of the man who exposed it, via a compliant 'free press'. Just some of the things the CIA is notorious for.

Imagine if the Soviet Union had made endless TV series and movies about the heroic deeds of the KGB. It would be quite rightly laughed out of sight as the most absurd, batshit propaganda.

And yet that is what's pumped out in the US year in, year out, about the CIA. And it works.

Edit: Pretty sinister that since posting this HN is now preventing me from posting and replying. Note to others: don't question the CIA.

Edit 2: Since I can't reply to the post asking about which shows are CIA propaganda, shows like Covert Affairs, The Agency, Burn Notice, Homeland, Alias, and others, which AIUI have current or former CIA advisors and guided tours of Langley for the producers and cast.

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ceilingcorner|5 years ago

Pretty much every TV series or movie about the CIA makes them seem morally questionable, or at least operating in a morally questionable world. Entire big budget franchises with Hollywood actors, like the Bourne series for example, make the CIA look outright evil.

boomboomsubban|5 years ago

>Entire big budget franchises with Hollywood actors, like the Bourne series for example, make the CIA look outright evil.

They look like a realpolitik organization that is extremely capable, creating numerous super spies, ultimately full of people with integrity like Bourne who quits when his conscience tells him to.

pmachinery|5 years ago

Name examples aside from Bourne, because that is pretty much the only example.

postingpals|5 years ago

Tv and Movies are not really propaganda in US jurisdiction. They have a major bias sometimes because of propaganda, and this can make them seem like it, but... Propaganda takes roots in more serious media, like news and schooling.