Ever wonder how they can send so many paid shills here? Look no further than the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012. It makes it legal for the U.S. Government to engage in domestic propaganda. But I think we can all call a spade a spade and call it: lying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apbvqPHKkR0
"The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, which was contained within the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (section 1078 (a)) amended the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987, allowing for materials produced by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to be available within the United States."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Act
I literally just learned this today. Obviously this was quite a shocker. This is Pizzagate related because it explains how the U.S. Government can get away with lying. Before Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 the government had legal liability if it paid a shill to come here and knowingly lie. Not anymore!
Obviously Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 isn't going to make it to the Fall. When Trump brings the hammer down something tells me this farce of a law is going to get curb stomped.
Now you know!
And to the shills dust off that resume baby. You'll be out of work soon.
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RweSure ago
And I immediately misunderstood it!
Do you really think someone posting on a message board equals materials produced by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors
How does this work. The person would have to run their reply by the State Department before hitting "Submit Commit?"
You can find some actual materials produced by the State Department here https://www.voasomali.com/
This is particular was one of the reasons the for 2013 update.
DarkMath ago
"Do you really think someone posting on a message board"
Yes. Smith-Mundt Modernization and the updated NDAA allows any agent of the U.S. Government to come here and legally lie. This isn't even a question AreWeSure. Please read: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
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RweSure ago
hahahahhaha!
oh boy.
That's funny. Smith Mundt only applies to the State Department. It's the law authorizing the public diplomacy broadcasting. It certainly doesn't apply to any agent of the US. Government. And it's about broadcast and print materials.
DUDE. You just linked to an article that doesn't mention SMITH MUNDT whatsoever. AND what is does discuss are documents produced by the British Government, not the US.
Come on.
seekingpeace ago
Don't waste your time trying to educate him. He only created this submission because George Webb mentioned it.
George's biggest problem as a "journalist" is lack of basic training. He doesn't know how to do basic research because he studied computer science and not a research based subject. GW just does not understand the concept of Primary Source.
He also makes the "undergraduate" error of coming up with a hypothesis and then finding evidence to support it.
DarkMath ago
"Smith Mundt only applies to the State Department."
"Smith-Mundt Modernization AND THE UPDATED NDAA"
I pasted in a link to the Glenn Greenwald Intercept article for a reason. Unless you're going to claim Greenwald made that up this isn't debatable. The U.S. Government now has the legal right to lie to the American people.
This wasn't always the case. We used to have a government that didn't have the right to lie. Remember those days AreWeSure? It was way back before Barrak Obama "fundamentally changed America".
You're the result. Actually I'm curious. Do you approve of the U.S. Government's right to lie to the American people?
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RweSure ago
You're simply wrong
Nothing in that Glenn Greenwald article applies to Smith Mundt. You can believe me or not, but you completely misunderstand what you are talking about. But that is article is wholly irrelevant, nothing in that applies to Smith Mundt.
You're wrong about Smith Mundt. You're wrong about the update in 2013. You're wrong that is applies to individuals on message boards.
It has to do with public diplomacy broadcasting, this is the type of stuff it does. https://www.bbg.gov/
the link to the bill was posted above. It contains this language.
DarkMath ago
"public diplomacy broadcasting"
I prefer to call it by its other name: Propaganda or "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view".
Don't try to bull shit me AreWeSure. You know damn well what "public diplomacy broadcasting" means. Stop playing dumb. It's annoying.
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RweSure ago
you prefer to spout nonsense. This law you just discovered today has been in effect for 4 years.
Go find a single example of it doing what you claimed it does.
DarkMath ago
"This law you just discovered today"
Which law? I discovered two laws today: Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012/2013 and the updated NDAA. In fact I discovered another law after we last talked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countering_Foreign_Propaganda_and_Disinformation_Act.
Since I haven't read the fine print having just learned about them TODAY. How about I ask you:
Are there laws anywhere on the books in the U.S. that allows the U.S. government to hire shills to spread disinformation and propaganda on the Interwebs? For example like on an internet message board like /v/pizzagate.
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