Topic: Operation Mockingbird

Adam Curry explains the history of Operation Mockingbird and the Church Commission, noting that the Smith-Mundt Act's ban on domestic propaganda was overturned in 2012. The hosts introduce the term "Micro-Mockingbird" to describe how intelligence agencies now use social media to amplify specific narratives or "nudge" the public. They suggest that figures like Barry Weiss and Matt Taibbi may be receiving filtered "Mockingbird talking points" through the Twitter Files.

The hosts discuss how Operation Mockingbird was never discontinued and continues to use journalists as assets. They argue that the Daily Wire's initial support for the COVID-19 vaccine and their eventual pivot shows they wait for "the okay signal" from the establishment. They reiterate Neely Fuller's point that the establishment takes all sides of a binary to ensure the public remains trapped in a controlled narrative.