A) The Smith-Mundt modernization act made it completely legal to use propaganda against the American people.
Afaik, it made it legal for the state department to broadcast their "news" segments that were aimed at foreign audiences within US borders, but it had nothing to do with private media corporations.
Private media. Run in lock step by the same people running the government.
Even if it worked like that, the modern corporate media spends 24 hours a day talking about some press briefing where government officials spewed DOS approved propaganda.
The media had been doing that already. I haven't seen anything in the text that says something like, "now it's legal for the CIA to use private media to spread government propaganda."
A) The Smith-Mundt modernization act made it completely legal to use propaganda against the American people.
B) Shutting down all corporate news outlets makes you an antisemite
Afaik, it made it legal for the state department to broadcast their "news" segments that were aimed at foreign audiences within US borders, but it had nothing to do with private media corporations.
Maybe I'm wrong?
Private media. Run in lock step by the same people running the government.
Even if it worked like that, the modern corporate media spends 24 hours a day talking about some press briefing where government officials spewed DOS approved propaganda.
The media had been doing that already. I haven't seen anything in the text that says something like, "now it's legal for the CIA to use private media to spread government propaganda."