Walter Pincus
| Walter Pincus Sourcewatch Spartacus (Spook) | |
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| File:Walter Pincus.jpg | |
| Born | 24 December, 1932 |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
A CIA asset in the corporate media | |
Walter Pincus is listed by John Simkin as under 'Disinformation'[1] He was {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Walter Pincus |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=|+sep=, |Has text=“one of the Post's primary hatchet men in attempting to discredit [Gary] Webb.” |Is about=Walter Pincus,|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=2000 |Sourced from=Derailing Democracy |Has sourceDetails=p. 109 |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Derailing Democracy |Has sourceURL= }}“one of the Post's primary hatchet men in attempting to discredit [Gary] Webb.” [2]
Career
In 1955, Pincus joined the and 1957 Pincus joined the Wall Street Journal.
He condemned the House Select Committee on Assassinations and in February 1977 described it as "perhaps the worst example of Congressional inquiry run amok."[3]
Exposure
In 1979 Deborah Davis published Katharine the Great. She exposed Operation Mockingbird and also named Walter Pincus as being one of the journalists willing to promote the views of the CIA.[3]
References
- ↑ https://spartacus-educational.com/MDpincus.htm
- ↑ Derailing Democracy p. 109, 2000
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://spartacus-educational.com/MDpincus.htm