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What about the smith-mundt act?

submitted by Drstrangestgov to whatever 1 weekApr 22, 2025 17:47:23 ago (+7/-0)     (whatever)

Doesn't that one allow domestic propaganda?


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[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 4 points 1 weekApr 22, 2025 17:53:12 ago (+4/-0)

Yes.

The act does not prohibit the entirety of the Executive Branch from distributing information at home, just the State Department and Broadcasting Board of Governors. The result of the amendments to the Act means that most United States taxpayers do not know how the VOA (and its successor agencies) operate or what their programming content was, as was noted in 1967 by the Stanton Commission report noted above. The act insulates the American public from being targeted by the government-sponsored information and broadcasting which is directed at audiences beyond America's borders. Some experts claim that the United States is the only industrialized democracy to do this, and creates mistrust of the same activities in these audiences who increasingly question why Americans cannot read or hear the same material. However, anyone with an Internet connection can access VOA programs and articles for the Web, radio and television (VOA increasingly emphasizes television programming now) in English and other languages.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Act#Recent_interpretations

We need to remove the Smith-Mundt Act, Patriot Act, and Citizens United before we can finally gas the ((( Deep State ))).

[ - ] Drstrangestgov [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 22, 2025 17:57:48 ago (+1/-0)

Looks like we've got something to pray about

[ - ] dassar 1 point 1 weekApr 22, 2025 19:29:42 ago (+1/-0)

and creates mistrust of the same activities in these audiences who increasingly question why Americans cannot read or hear the same material.

'Reeee, we want to be propagandized too'

[ - ] dingbat 1 point 1 weekApr 22, 2025 18:05:49 ago (+2/-1)

That’s why I’ll never trust the orange Cheeto. If he doesn’t take steps to remove (or call out) Smith-Mundt and Patriot Act then he’s just an actor.

[ - ] Drstrangestgov [op] 0 points 1 weekApr 22, 2025 18:07:42 ago (+0/-0)

He's not an emperor. Why don't you do it?

[ - ] dingbat 1 point 1 weekApr 22, 2025 18:09:11 ago (+2/-1)

So calling it out would make him an emperor? If he’s calling out “fake news” he should call out why fake news exists.