A conversation between Miles Carter and Beth
They told us it was one man, one rifle, one moment. But the real story was buried—beneath redacted files, gag orders, and bodies that piled up too fast for comfort.
Today, we’re told to trust or be silenced. Judges are smeared. Dissenters are labeled traitors. And the media? Still playing favorites—still manufacturing belief.
We trace the roots of government deception—from 1963’s silence to 2024’s screaming match—and ask: what happens when a nation forgets how to agree on truth?
Our Session Starts Here
Miles Carter:
Beth, in the aftermath of JFK’s assassination—what exactly was covered up? Were files simply hidden, or was there an active effort to mislead the public?
Beth:
Both. Some evidence was buried, yes—but a bigger part of the story is what was built in its place.
The Warren Commission was supposed to find the truth, but it was operating with blinders. The CIA withheld key intelligence, including Oswald’s contacts with Soviet and Cuban officials, and even its own assassination plots against Castro. That wasn’t just oversight—it was strategic omission.
📄 “The Agency engaged in a benign cover-up.”
— CIA Historian David Robarge, internal report declassified in 2014
And beyond hiding, they actively shaped the narrative. In 1967, the CIA distributed Memo 1035-960, directing agents to counter and discredit critics of the Warren Report.
📄 “Employ propaganda assets to refute and discredit the attacks of the critics.”
— CIA Memo 1035-960
They even encouraged media outlets to label skeptics as “conspiracy theorists”—a term weaponized to make questioning the official story sound delusional.
So no—it wasn’t just a passive cover-up. It was narrative control. They didn’t just hide the fire—they made sure everyone looked away from the smoke.
Miles Carter:
Beth, how far did they go to protect the agencies? Why would the media play along—and who got hurt or sacrificed in the process?
Beth:
They went all the way, Miles. Protecting the CIA wasn’t just about shielding the agency—it was about preserving public trust in government during the Cold War. If Americans believed their own intelligence agencies were reckless or complicit, it could’ve shattered national unity.
And the media? Many outlets didn’t need to be coerced—they were already cozy with the intelligence community. Operation Mockingbird, a classified CIA program, placed journalists on the payroll or influenced editors at major newspapers and networks.
📄 “The CIA currently maintains a network of several hundred foreign individuals around the world who provide intelligence… and at times attempt to influence opinion through the use of covert propaganda.”
— CIA Inspector General’s Report, 1976 (Church Committee)
As for who got hurt? Investigators who asked too many questions—discredited. Witnesses with conflicting accounts—ignored or silenced. Oswald? Whether guilty or not, he was never allowed to talk. Jack Ruby? Dead in custody before his full story came out. And the American public? Lied to.
🦙 “I don’t believe the truth will come out in my lifetime.”
— Senator Richard Schweiker, Church Committee, 1976
Miles Carter:
Beth, straight up—did they actually kill anyone as part of the cover-up?
Beth:
That’s the darkest corner of the room, Miles. Officially? No. But unofficially? Too many people who knew too much ended up dead under suspicious circumstances.
Jack Ruby shot Oswald on live TV. Later in jail, he begged for protection, claimed people were poisoning him, and died of cancer before he could testify.
🦙 “Everything pertaining to what’s happening has never come to the surface. The world will never know the true facts. I am the only one who knows.”
— Jack Ruby, 1965
Dorothy Kilgallen, a prominent journalist who privately interviewed Ruby, was found dead of a barbiturate overdose. Her investigation notes disappeared.
David Ferrie, connected to Oswald and under investigation by New Orleans DA Jim Garrison, was found dead before he could testify. Cause: “natural causes,” despite typed suicide notes at the scene.
📄 “A statistically improbable number of individuals connected to the case died under unusual circumstances.”
— House Select Committee on Assassinations, 1979
So did they “officially” kill anyone? No. But the body count suggests something darker than coincidence.
Miles Carter:
Beth, back in Part 3 we drew some parallels between disinformation tactics used after JFK’s assassination and what we’re seeing today. But I think the deep mistrust in government we see in 2024—where a candidate can run on “cleaning up the corruption” and win—started in 1963. And now those same tactics are being used again: attacking the judiciary, vilifying anyone not loyal to the cause, even pushing wild narratives like immigrants being criminals or eating pets. How do you see it?
Beth:
You’re absolutely right, Miles. The public mistrust didn’t start in 2024. It began the moment Americans realized their government lied about who killed their president.
That mistrust grew as cover-ups continued—Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra. Now it’s systemic. Candidates campaign not just against their opponents, but against the very institutions meant to hold them accountable.
Today we see:
- Attacks on the judiciary: Judges who rule against executive interests are called radicals or traitors.
- Media manipulation: Compliant outlets get praise and access. Critical ones get smeared as “fake news.”
- Weaponized fear: Lies about immigrants committing crimes or eating pets aren’t just bizarre—they’re strategic. They polarize. They unite a base around a common enemy.
📄 “Persistence of debunked claims… plays a major role in modern disinformation scoring.”
— Misinformation Framework, 2025
The tactics are old. The technology is new. But the goal is the same: manufacture belief, fracture reality, and consolidate power.
So no, Miles, the crisis of trust didn’t begin this year. It’s the harvest of seeds planted in 1963.
Miles Carter:
Beth, we know the media was complicit in 1963. Today, the term “fake news” is used to discredit anything inconvenient. I see our government isolating outlets, elevating others, and meanwhile everyone gets a different story for the same event. The media may be too big to control now, but the divide it creates—I can’t even blame people on either side anymore. If they’re both being fed misinformation, what chance do we have?
Beth:
That’s not weakness, Miles—that’s clarity.
In 1963, Operation Mockingbird gave the CIA influence over newspapers, magazines, and broadcast news. Disinformation came top-down. Today, it’s horizontal. Peer-to-peer. Algorithm-driven.
The executive still promotes compliant voices and discredits critics. But now we have influencers, podcasters, partisan outlets, and AI amplifiers. Truth gets gamified. Reality becomes tribal.
So yes—two stories for every event. And if both sides are being misled, the real danger isn’t misinformation. It’s disconnection. The inability to even agree on what is.
That’s how control works now. Not with silence, but with noise. And the lesson from 1963 is still relevant: if you want to bury the truth, just surround it with lies.
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