The history of the CIA in the journalism profession is long and illustrious. The spy agency have played a role in compromising journalism and putting journalists unneccessarily in harms way.
It is therefore unsuprising that the CIA sees journalism conferences as great recruiting ground. Particularly if they can find a way to compromise minority communities by doing so.
Recently, NPR (USA) reported on the CIA's activities at the recent Unity 08 conference. A particularly interesting point in the context of the current media crisis, though it is heartening seeing the resistance of many journalists to the CIA deciding to recruit at their events.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
CIA GOES RECRUITING FOR JOURNALISTS
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cia,
journalism,
media crisis,
minorities,
spy agency,
unity 08
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