If you are interested in facts about the CIA I highly recommend reading "Legacy of Ashes". All on the record interviews about the history of the CIA. The things that are officially on the record will curl your hair. I really think the whole "conspiracy theory" meme is to distract from the facts that sound like conspiracy theories. The CIA and other intelligence agencies do in fact influence news. I don't know who and how currently but this is no secret. Other nations do the same. Israel, China, the Saudis, and many others I'm sure. The average US citizen is as ignorant as a child about how these nation state actors work.
If you are interested in facts about the CIA I highly recommend reading "Legacy of Ashes". All on the record interviews about the history of the CIA. The things that are officially on the record will curl your hair. I really think the whole "conspiracy theory" meme is to distract from the facts that sound like conspiracy theories. The CIA and other intelligence agencies do in fact influence news. I don't know who and how currently but this is no secret. Other nations do the same. Israel, China, the Saudis, and many others I'm sure. The average US citizen is as ignorant as a child about how these nation state actors work.