In 1975, CIA Director William Colby testified in front of congress during an investigation into Operation Mockingbird. Mockingbird was a CIA project launched in the 1950’s (same time as project MK-Ultra) utilizing 1/3 of the CIA’s budget to infiltrate major media networks and inject propaganda into the minds of the American people.
Freedom of the press? It is only an illusion. The Illuminati will not let any company, group, church, news outlet or any organization raise to power and influence without being sold out or subverted. Remember history... Government has always used information as a weapon. Control the information of the working class, control an entire population's perception of reality.