Reinstate the Smith Mundt Act (1948) restricting propaganda in domestic media

There was a step change in media propaganda following the 2012 repeal of the Smith-Mundt Act. The Act was passed to limit domestic propaganda at the beginning of the Cold War. From wiki, “The Act was developed to regulate broadcasting of programs for foreign audiences produced under the guidance by the State Department, and it prohibited domestic dissemination of materials produced by such programs as one of its provisions. The original version of the Act was amended by the [Smith–Mundt Modernization Act of 2012] which allowed for materials produced by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to be made available within the United States.”

In other words, the 2012 “modernization” would allow State Department policy to be soft-peddled and sold to the American public under the guise of news. Now, if we oppose the half-stories of US media outlets, we’re accused of “misinformation,” “disinformation,” or “malformation.”

Bring back honest, investigative media with equal time for opposing views. Fairness Doctrine.

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