Posted on 12/09/2016 4:06:02 AM PST by EBH
Think NPR. This simply increases the flow of federal money to "NGO's" like Politico, Snopes, etc. who label themselves as "fact-checkers", when in fact they are propaganda organs for the left/Democrats. You can bet that no money will go to Breitbart and conservative organizations.
Portman is a knob
Sounds to me as though the government is merely going to continue what it always has, misleading the public with government propaganda. Status quo, except wasting government money on fake news.
This is an attempt to undermine Trump with the mantra: he won because Russia interfered with the US election by publishing, regardless of whether it was true, the emails from Podesta.
It’s against the law to disagree with the NYT’s and Wapo’s propaganda.
Fact of the matter is, everybody does this. Some are more independent (less trusting) than others.
The government told the public that a video sparked the attack in Benghazi, that there have been no terrorist attacks on US soil since Obama took office, and so on. The US government is a prolific originator of fake news.
This is the founding law of the Ministry of Truth.
Some of the worst propaganda comes from NPR
I agree..... we get the best news here from UK reporting
I’m not really aware of any foreign government related propaganda regularly inserted into the daily lies of our homegrown media. In the immediate past we can say with absolute certainty that the government with the most blatant propaganda is our own.
The other side of the coin is how is the American Government conducting cyber war at present. We do not know. It is a pretty safe bet that the foreign efforts are in fact lagging attempts to defend against very secret American attack.
Yes, but does it defend America against the continuous propaganda of the mainstream news media? If not, it is wholly inadequate.
Your post accurately described the essence of the bill. Portman writes it in his own words. Can’t we rid ourselves of these RINOs.
“The legislation establishes a fund to help train local journalists and provide grants and contracts to NGOs, civil society organizations, think tanks, private sector companies, media organizations, and other experts outside the U.S. government with experience in identifying and analyzing the latest trends in foreign government disinformation techniques.”
They always like to slip authoritarian laws into the NDAA. They have been pulling this crap since the NDAA of 2012 was silently signed into law on 31 Dec 11. It pretty much shredded the 4th through 8th amendments under a declared emergency (never let one go to waste).
The uniparty continues to move towards George Orwell’s warning of our possible future. We may have to really go to the fourth box provided in the US Constitution to deal with these fascists in DC.
This is censorship of the internet and any other source of news that might not fit with the government approved propaganda disseminated by the current LSM.
so....it’s getting the U.S. Federal Government into the domestic propaganda business?
Reagan pulled us out of UNESCO because the U.N. was intending to do this very thing.
I agree.
Me, too.
What we really need is protection from US government propaganda.
The best protection against propaganda is an educated public. But the US government controls the schools and therefore prevents that.
So this originated in the Senate. It still has to go to the house for passage before it ends on Obama’s desk. Everyone, write your representative NOW!
It’s internet censorship pure and simple.
Portman needs to be run out on a rail.
Agree 100%.
Why is this RINO still in the Senate?
Originated in the house - http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/08/senate-sends-veto-proof-defense-spending-bill-to-obamas-desk/
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