NDAA 2013: Congress approves domestic deceptive propaganda

RT News ^ | 22 May, 2012 | staff

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

An amendment tagged on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 would allow for the United States government to create and distribute pro-American propaganda within the country’s own borders....

...The amendment updates the antiquated Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987, essentially clarifying that the US State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors may “prepare, disseminate and use public diplomacy information abroad,” but while also striking down a long-lasting ban on the domestic dissemination in America. For the last several decades, the federal government has been authorized to use such tactics overseas to influence foreign support of America’s wars abroad, but has been barred from such strategies within the US....

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

Where does the FAKE NEWS actually come from...why does it all seem so similar in the MSM?

[Whenifhow]

This was a repeal of the smith mundt act in 2013 NDAA

See search here

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/smithmundt/index

[blackdog]

It ain't easy filling the 24/7 news cycle each day with real news. As a gift to CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, and BBC, state scripted propagandists posted in news rooms have been handing out the official approved news to the program directors at all those networks.

Print journalism is easier. Just email attachments to Word files are passed on to the management. No hard work of reporting on researched and vetted news, just gossip and propaganda disguised as news. Much more entertaining though.