And tons of other similar programs. Like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

What's "paranoid" (== isolated in a private little world and ignoring facts) is to ignore or downplay such things, as the parent does.

If not total naiveness, it's a classic case of "la la la la la hands in the ears" denial.

As Gore Vidal put it: "Americans have been trained by media to go into Pavlovian giggles at the mention of 'conspiracy' because for an American to believe in a conspiracy he must also believe in flying saucers."

As if governments all other the world, throughout history, didn't conspire against dissidents. And as if secret services weren't created for this very reason exactly.