CIA and CNN work together. But there are more involved. Even Les Moonvez said in a graduation speech last year that he enjoyed his job because he got to affect change in Americas thinking through his news and programming units. Also known as propaganda. So its not just CNN. Its CBS NBC, CNN, NPR, ABC, NYT, WP, and several web-sites.
The foundational principles of Progressivism is that the population is stupid and must be governed through deception and manipulation.
That is what the media does. The media are all into deception and manipulation.