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RE: Operation Mockingbird: The CIA, Journalism, and the Control of Public Opinion

in Deep Dives5 years ago

Thanks! What I really would like to do is a post focusing on the history, from the East India Company, then the Rothschilds to the "company" (Cecil Rhodes) that was described by Conrad in Heart of Darkness. Then to how the think tanks/NGOs were integrated.

I was afraid if I got too wrapped up in that part the thing would have been as long as Bernstein's article (25,000 words). My publisher told me when I started 300-500 words... my articles are typically 2000-3000. I'm trying to learn brevity. (with very little luck)

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I know exactly what you mean.

At first, for my current series expose, I thought I could fit it all in one post. But as I was typing it, I got to the beginning of the second part (the CDC) and the system told my I had already exceeded the allowable word count. Hence, I knew thenceforth I would have to segregate it into many parts.

Even in Part 6 on the Rockefellers (my longest part), I had to split it in two! LOL

I think we opt for lengthy instead of brevity because we want to make sure that everything we know of is exposed (and recorded for posterity) even though we risk losing eyeballs that have better things to do.

Bad habits die hard?