Liberation
How a plot involving radio DJs, animal murder, & the Father of PR gave birth to a fake news playbook that’s being used against America today.
In 1954, the C.I.A. conspired with the U.S. State Department to get rid of the democratically elected President of Guatemala. To do so, they created a step-by-step process for using fake news to divide a nation. Sixty-five years later, we tracked down all that old propaganda, plus radio recordings that previous historians had never found. Below we share the details and the data behind this incredible story. Read it on Narratively. (Or listen to it here.)
