News Flash: Congressmen seek to ‘legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences.’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/05/19/487244/congressmen-seek-to-legalize-the-use-of-propaganda-on-american-audiences/

Congressmen seek to ‘legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences.’ |

BuzzFeed reports that Rep. Mark Thornberry (R-TX) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) have inserted a provision into the latest defense authorization bill that would “‘strike the current ban on domestic dissemination’ of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon.” The proposal would “give sweeping powers to the State Department and Pentagon to push television, radio, newspaper, and social media onto the U.S. public.”

[GoneOffShore]

1. What is a Dem doing writing pernicious legislation like this?

[newspeak]

3. this is nothing new

the corporate media, especially during little boot's reign, have been "catapulting the propaganda for awhile. We still have the trusting who think that everything in the media is true, especially faux network. They didn't get the memo, that any media outlet can blatantly lie, especially aid their favored political hack (usually those who favor global corp. over the well being of the people).

[zbdent]

2. I thought that was Citizens United ...

and how did we NOT have "domestic dissemination of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon" in the lead-up to the occupation of Iraq?

[azul]

4. It was out-sourced

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1118-10.htm

by the man who sold the war.

But this new legislation seems to fly in the face of more civilian jobs and smaller government? The military must know better or best.