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The Nation.
March 10, 2017
In 2013, Congress repealed major sections of the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act, which had previously instituted a ban on the State Department and related agencies from “propagandizing” directly to Americans. The 2013 changes, which were first reported by the late Michael Hastings in Buzzfeed, led to muchÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 14, 2013
The restriction of these broadcasts was due to the Smith-Mundt Act, a long-standing piece of legislation that has been amended numerous times over the years, perhaps most consequentially by Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright. In the 1970s, Fulbright was no friend of VOA and Radio Free Europe, andÃÂ ...
Columbia Journalism Review (blog)
January 21, 2013
Imposed by a series of amendments to the US Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, also known as the Smith-Mundt Act, they prevented the likes of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia from being distributed in the United States. The ban was passed inÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
May 26, 2012
“I am not particularly concerned whether either gunpowder or propaganda have benefited or harmed mankind. I merely emphasize, at this point, that propaganda on an immense scale is here to stay. We Americans must become informed and adept at its use, defensively and offensively, or we may find ourselves as archaicÃÂ ...
Mother Jones
May 22, 2012
modifies the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. That bill was the first to establish a post-World War II “public diplomacy” role overseas for the State Department and US media organs—think Voice of America and Radio Free Europe—but the law also barred those agencies from disseminating their “good news” toÃÂ ...
Business Insider
May 21, 2012
The amendment — proposed by Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and passed in the House last Friday afternoon — would effectively nullify the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which explicitly forbids information and psychological operations aimed at influencing U.S. public opinion.
Center for Research on Globalization
December 31, 1999
Named “The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012,” it completely lifted the long-existing ban on the domestic dissemination of U.S. government-produced propaganda. For decades, the U.S. government had been allowed to produce and disseminate propaganda abroad in order to drum up support for itsÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
November 2, 2017
More nurses came in 1948 through the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, also known as the Smith-Mundt Act, ...
Maui News
October 13, 2017
Few are aware that in 2013 the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 was repealed, a law that prevented the government from using the same fear and ...
The Nation.
March 10, 2017
In 2013, Congress repealed major sections of the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act, which had previously instituted a ban on the State Department and ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 14, 2013
The restriction of these broadcasts was due to the Smith-Mundt Act, a long-standing piece of legislation that has been amended numerous ...
Columbia Journalism Review (blog)
January 21, 2013
Imposed by a series of amendments to the US Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, also known as the Smith-Mundt Act, they ...
Huffington Post
May 26, 2012
“I am not particularly concerned whether either gunpowder or propaganda have benefited or harmed mankind. I merely emphasize, at this point, that ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
May 23, 2012
In fact, the Smith-Mundt act (as amended in 1987) only covers the select parts of the State Department that are engaged in public diplomacy ...
Rappler
September 28, 2017
Aytona was a Fulbright and Smith-Mundt Training Grant fellow and took special studies in public finance and budgeting. – Rappler.comÃÂ ...
EW.com
September 14, 2017
The media expected South Park's 21st season premiere to tackle Charlottesville and white supremacists based on its preview. And it did.
Borneo Bulletin Online
August 12, 2017
Personal conclusions by the author can be pedantic: “I have become increasingly doubtful that the Smith-Mundt Act – which has beenÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
June 14, 2017
Stephen Lendman describes how the business went south, since the nullification of the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 (which precluded propagandaÃÂ ...
The Nation.
March 10, 2017
In 2013, Congress repealed major sections of the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act, which had previously instituted a ban on the State Department andÃÂ ...
Salon
December 12, 2016
Coupled with a 2013 amendment of the Smith-Mundt Act, which allowed these networks to broadcast in the United States, the revisions couldÃÂ ...
Politico
December 12, 2016
Because of the modification of the Smith-Mundt Act in 2013, the BBG can now broadcast in the U.S., too. But the influence on the domesticÃÂ ...
Business Insider
July 16, 2013
The content arrives with the enactment of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, sponsored by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R- Texas) and Rep.
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 14, 2013
The restriction of these broadcasts was due to the Smith-Mundt Act, a long-standing piece of legislation that has been amended numerousÃÂ ...
Columbia Journalism Review (blog)
January 21, 2013
Imposed by a series of amendments to the US Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, also known as the Smith-Mundt Act, theyÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
May 26, 2012
“I am not particularly concerned whether either gunpowder or propaganda have benefited or harmed mankind. I merely emphasize, at this point, thatÃÂ ...
Mother Jones
May 22, 2012
modifies the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. That bill was the first to establish a post-World War II “public diplomacy” role overseas for the StateÃÂ ...
Madison.com
February 23, 2017
Doubly alarming is the fact that Congress in 2013 passed the Smith Mundt Act that authorized VOA broadcasts to the United States.
The Ring of Fire Network
January 28, 2017
This new law violates what we used to call the Smith-Mundt Act which was passed in 1948, I think. It originally prohibited domestic distribution of government media intended for foreign audiences.
Axis of Logic
January 25, 2017
Trump needs to revoke all the unconstitutional Obama-executive-orders as well as dismantle and repeal a number of Obama-passed laws, including reinstating the Smith-Mundt Act to once again hold all the fake MSM accountable for propagating unlawfulÃÂ ...
WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject (blog)
January 25, 2017
Now, in 1986, here was Buchanan, uninhibited by Smith-Mundt and unrepentant for his defense of his lying boss in the Watergate scandal, back as communications director for Reagan.
War on the Rocks
January 20, 2017
With the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, Congress fully authorized a global public affairs program run out of the State Department.
FAIR
January 11, 2017
That was part of the National Defense Authorization Act, a previous iteration of which eliminated parts of the Smith/Mundt Act that prevented the US government from propagandizing domestic audiences.
The Ring of Fire Network
January 11, 2017
The law that was repealed was the U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, better known as the Smith-Mundt Act.
The Real News Network
January 1, 2017
KIM BROWN: So, Alex for over 40 years the Smith Mundt Act has explicitly prohibited the US government from directing propaganda towards its own citizenry.
Twitchy
December 21, 2016
The content arrives with the enactment of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, sponsored by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R- Texas) and Rep. Adam Smith (D- Wash.
MountainRunner.us (blog)
December 16, 2016
For some, the Smith-Mundt Act is simply an anti-propaganda law. This common narrative is a direct result of an amendment by Senator J. William Fulbright in 1972.
Workers World
December 15, 2016
The last U.S. government effort toward legalizing domestic propaganda happened in 2013 when the NDAA explicitly repealed parts of the Smith-Mundt Act, which had been passed in 1949 to prevent Voice of America propaganda from being broadcast insideÃÂ ...
Daily Kos
December 13, 2016
Because of the modification of the Smith-Mundt Act in 2013, the BBG can now broadcast in the U.S., too. But the influence on the domestic market could be even more subtle, the Republican official warned.
Salon
December 12, 2016
Coupled with a 2013 amendment of the Smith-Mundt Act, which allowed these networks to broadcast in the United States, the revisions could mean that Donald Trump could control several TV networks - funded by the taxpayers, to boot.
Twitchy
October 7, 2016
Now, the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 (part of the National Defense Authorization Act) has repealed the domestic prohibition, allowing the government's broadcasting to be directed at/created for Americans for the first time in over 40 years.
Forward
September 14, 2016
Since the passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, which has legalized propaganda in America, public trust in media has fallen to 32% (gallop poll this week).
Inquirer.net
July 17, 2016
It was in New York, where he attended the Pratt Institute as part of a Fulbright-Smith Mundt scholarship, that Joya encountered the "abstract" that definitively changed and ultimately defined his style.
Center for Research on Globalization
June 17, 2016
The manipulation of the public is further enabled by an amendment to the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) which negates the Smith-Mundt Act (SMA) of 1984 which prohibits government agencies from propagandizing domestic populations.
Blogger News Network (blog)
June 15, 2016
The Congress passed the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, not to prevent VOA from competing with private U.S. media, which was a minor consideration, but to ensure that pro-Soviet propaganda, partisan reporting, and hiring of foreign agents would not continueÃÂ ...
Broadly
April 29, 2016
The 2013 NDAA included an update of the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act, which regulates how "public diplomacy" is funded and distributed both domestically and abroad.
Catholic Online
April 28, 2016
In 2013, the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and the Foreign Relations Authorization act, were both neutralized. The acts protected the American people from government-made propaganda.
The Cryptosphere
April 20, 2016
... precisely these sort of actions as well, including so-called "cognitive infiltration of extremist groups," in circumstances that have become simpler (even if still legally dubious) for the U.S.
The Cryptosphere
April 20, 2016
... precisely these sort of actions as well, including so-called "cognitive infiltration of extremist groups," in circumstances that have become simpler (even if still legally dubious) for the U.S.
WNCN
December 7, 2015
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) - As the San Bernadino and Colorado Springs active shooter situations dramatically emphasize, law enforcement agencies need to be ready to deal with active shooters and terrorism incidents anywhere.
MountainRunner.us (blog)
December 1, 2015
Under the broader umbrella of Allen's office, entitled International Information and Educational Exchange placed on a permanent foundation through the Smith-Mundt Act, they ran exchanges with "students, technicians, and other persons between the UnitedÃÂ ...
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