Comment by dang

3 years ago

Discussed (a bit) at the time (of the article):

Was Modern Art Really a CIA Psy-Op? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1891222 - Nov 2010 (1 comment)

Others?

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xhevahir  3 years ago

Some people have reported CIA involvement in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, which had a great deal of influence on the direction that literary fiction took in post-WWII America. I'm inclined to believe that such projects were likely the playthings of a few dilettantes in high places--spymasters with subscriptions to Commentary and Partisan Review--rather than a serious attempt at stifling dissent, or discrediting socialism, or cultivating soft power, or whatever.

https://www.openculture.com/2018/12/cia-helped-shaped-americ...

  • killjoywashere  3 years ago

    Did you read the JSTOR piece? The Partisan Review was funded by the CIA. They weren't reading it. They were writing it.

    • vmfunction  3 years ago

      Well with the kind money that agency has, they can buy the whole world several times over. Amazon is good example. Just give them a gov contract, and all the sudden company don't have to be so profitable in their daily business anymore. And guess who will Amazon beholden to? their day to day customers whoever is giving the big contract?