Oh look US Govt. Propaganda has been used against it's own citizens since 2012

*2012-5-25* New Government “Propaganda” Bill a Positive Step for First Amendment kek... ok https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/new-government-propaganda-bill-positive-step-first-amendment let's see Throughout the country, many of us have rightly been long concerned about the danger of the government using taxpayer funds to covertly influence public opinion. This issue came up again recently as part of this year’s defense authorization bill, which passed the House of Representatives on Friday. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Adam Smith (D-WA) included an amendment that would remove an existing ban on the domestic dissemination of foreign-bound “public diplomacy” materials produced by the State Department and the independent Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Reactions to the amendment have been mixed, with critics saying it would allow the government to pump “propaganda” into our own country. With only minor tweaks, however, the Thornberry-Smith Amendment is on balance a very good thing for free speech. As applied by the VOA, the charter imposes a number of safeguards to prevent propagandizing. For instance: 1• VOA operates under the two-source rule. No journalist may present information as fact without two corroborating independent sources (unless directly confirmed by the journalist). 2• VOA has a “legal” obligation to present news accurately and in an unbiased fashion; and 3• VOA explicitly requires journalists to present alternative opinions or responses when reporting on a charge or accusation by one group or individual against another. >Please notice that "2 source rule". Member when journalists had to verify their sources like woodward and bernstein? Now any asshole congressman w/ 2 interns can create "news". "White House sources say" How many times have you heard that phrase nearly every day. Go read a paper for the last three decades. It's rise in constant usage is entirely new.