Operation Mockingbird

Operation Mockingbird is an alleged large-scale program of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that began in the early years of the Cold War and attempted to manipulate domestic American news media organizations for propaganda purposes.
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In 1973, a document referred to as the "Family Jewels" was published by the CIA containing a reference to "Project Mockingbird", which was the name of an operation in 1963 wiretapping two journalists believed to be disseminating classified information. The document does not contain references to "Operation Mockingbird". --Wiki

важное уточнение: containing a reference to "Project Mockingbird" ... does not contain references to "Operation Mockingbird

see also Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire by Deborah Davis and Operation Mockingbird in Spartacus Educational