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  1. checkyourfact.com

    "Thanks to Obama, it is perfectly legal for the media to purposely lie to the American people," reads the text inside the image. "He quietly signed into law HR 4310 in 2012, allowing propaganda to be used on the citizens of the USA by its own government, essentially repealing the Smith-Mundt act of 1948, banning the use of domestic ...
  2. law.stackexchange.com

    Under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, also known as the Smith-Mundt Act, the Secretary of State was authorized to provide for the preparation, and dissemination abroad, of information about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, and other ...
  3. politifact.com

    A Facebook post claims Obama made it legal for the media to "purposely lie to the American people" when he signed H.R. 4310 into law in 2012, "allowing propaganda to be used on the citizens of the ...
  4. theatlantic.com

    A law went into effect this month that ends the ban on U.S. government-made propaganda from being broadcast to Americans. In a remarkably creative spin, the supporters of this law say that ...
  5. A post circulating on Facebook with a photo of Obama falsely states he repealed a ban on government propaganda in the U.S. when he signed the National Defense ... Former President Barack Obama signed a law in 2012 allowing government propaganda in the U.S., and making it "perfectly legal for the media to purposely lie to the American people ...
  6. Second, the Thornberry-Smith Amendment contains an express prohibition on the use of any appropriated funds to "influence public opinion in the United States" (see new Section 208). Further, the amendment narrowly applies only to the BBG and the State Department, which both operate under existing checks on their authority that would prevent ...
  7. leadstories.com

    Thanks to Obama, it is perfectly legal for the media to purposely lie to the American people. He quietly signed into law HR 4310 in 2012, allowing propaganda to be used on the citizens of the USA by its own government, essentially repealing the Smith-Mundt act of 1948, banning the use of domestic propaganda. This is what social media users saw:
  8. (HR 4310 / Sec 1078)," the posts read. "This authorized the use of propaganda within America - which had been illegal since 1948." Obama signed H.R. 4310 , or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, in January 2013 , but nothing in that bill applies to what private media organizations in the U.S. are allowed, or not ...

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