In 1975, a US Senate investigation officially confirmed that the CIA had covertly recruited journalists and funded civic groups.

This is not a conspiracy theory. In 1975, the Church Committee, led by Senator Frank Church, looked into government secrets. They found that the CIA had deep ties to the media. The agency had been bribing students, reporters, and editors to publish stories with a pro-government spin. The CIA even admitted to doing this in their own papers, which they called the 'Family Jewels'. It was a real, documented effort to control what Americans saw and heard.