Jason Stanley was invited to a conference with the CIA in 2017.
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Robinson's PodcastSep 23, 2026
The sources do not show Stanley being invited to or attending a conference with the CIA in 2017.
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… So, I was, like, invited to a high level State Department conference on propaganda in 2017 at the Hoover Institute. I was at a conference with, like, CIA, you know, in that year. But what I gradually saw is the very people who had mocked me for working on this topic starting to become, you know, leading people in the study of propaganda, and these were not humanists. …
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Context. Sources document Stanley's 2017 speaking engagements at other venues, such as a Yale panel on propaganda and a Norwegian Academy symposium, but none mention the CIA or a State Department invitation.[1][2][4]
Context. A C-SPAN listing shows a 2017 CIA-linked intelligence conference co-hosted by the CIA and George Washington University, but the listing does not name Stanley as a participant.[3]
Context. No source contradicts the claim, and no source addresses an invitation to a CIA conference, so the claim cannot be confirmed or refuted.
Sources
4 sources: 2 primary, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1Weaponizing Information Conference: Watch Panel Videos ...law.yale.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Poynter symposium to explore truth — and untruth — in news reportingnews.yale.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Videosc-span.org · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 4Fake News and Alternative Factsdnva.no · not rated · cited for: context
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