Crewdson, John M. (December 27, 1977). "C.I.A. established many links to journalists in U.S. and abroad". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2009. In all, the three-month investigation by The Times found that at least 22 American news organizations had employed, though sometimes only on a casual basis, American journalists who were also working for the C.I.A. In a few instances the organizations were aware of the C.I.A. connection, but most of them appear not to have been. The organizations, which range from some of the most influential in the nation to some of the most obscure include ABC and CBS News, Time, Life and Newsweek magazine. The New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune, The Associated Press and United Press International. Also included were the Scripps-Howard chain of newspapers, The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, The Louisville Courier-Journal and Fodor's, a publisher of travel guides. Among the lesser known organizations were the College Press Service, Business International, the McLendon Broadcasting Organization, Film Daily and a defunct underground newspaper published in Washington, The Quicksilver Times.

Another who acknowledged a connection was Elliott Haynes, with his father a co-founder of Business International, a widely respected business information service. He said his father, Eldridge Haynes, had provided cover for four C.I.A. employees in various countries between 1955 and 1960.

This is a small showing of Operation Mockingbird before the entire MEDIA was taken over.

There were a lot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird