Posted on 07/26/2017 5:38:27 PM PDT by davikkm
H.R. 4310 passed into law when it was signed by the President Obama on Jan 2, 2013. There is an ongoing controversy surrounding the Bill. I want to start this report with a video: Congressman Dennis Kucinich opposes H.R. 4310 – National Defense Authorization Act for 2013.
However, Kucinich does not oppose it for the reason that most people are against it. Many people feel it legalized the use of propaganda on American audiences. It is being said it allowed the material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon to strike the ban that had been in place on domestic dissemination of propaganda.
In layman’s terms the news media/government can broadcast propaganda to the American people as they please. However, I will leave it to the reader to make the judgment him/her self. However, it has been signed into place, and there is nothing that can be done about it at this time.
The greatest worry is that the the Bill essentially neutralized two previous acts—the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and Foreign Relations Authorization Act in 1987—that had been passed to protect U.S. audiences from their own government’s misinformation campaigns.
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I have mentioned this a few times over this last year. I remember Obungho signing this with almost no fanfare.
One thing is undeniable. The media went total propaganda right after.
They have that freedom. Always have. There’s a little thing called the First Amendment.
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