Yes, I have been reading up on this. It is all very incestual.
“A known tactic of the intelligence community is the use of strategic communications as a “soft power†weapon against it adversaries — the creation of false narratives by the effective use of all media — social, digital, newspaper, print, etc. Combined with denial and deception, it can be a potent force. Glenn Beck and Mark Levin are abetting this.”
http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/26/who-is-the-real-ted-cruz/