Obama Signs International & Domestic Propaganda Act

The Ministry of Truth is Now Born – Lies are Now Legal

The Possibilities for Abuse are Endless!

Main Stream Press - through the Power of Government - will have the Ability to Eliminate their Competition

War against Citizen Journalists & the New Media has Begun!  

 Late on Friday, with the US population embracing the upcoming holidays and oblivious of most news emerging from the administration, Obama quietly signed into law the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which authorizes $611 billion for the military in 2017. 

 Recall that as we reported in early June, "a bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth had been quietly introduced in Congress. As with any legislation attempting to dodge the public spotlight the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016 marks a further curtailment of press freedom and another avenue to stultify avenues of accurate information. Introduced by Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and Ted Lieu, H.R. 5181 seeks a “whole-government approach without the bureaucratic restrictions” to counter “foreign disinformation and manipulation,” which they believe threaten the world’s “security and stability.” 

Also called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692), when introduced in March by Sen. Rob Portman, the legislation represents a dramatic return to Cold War-era government propaganda battles. “These countries spend vast sums of money on advanced broadcast and digital media capabilities, targeted campaigns, funding of foreign political movements, and other efforts to influence key audiences and populations,” Portman explained, adding that while the U.S. spends a relatively small amount on its Voice of America, the Kremlin provides enormous funding for its news organization, RT. 

DYI:  Here we go again - bashing Russia with a population 143 million as compared to the U.S. with 325 million.  Russia has the GDP equivalent to Spain or Australia; the bottom line Russia has its hands full maintaining her borders than any real possibility for power projection.  As with "palace intrigue" there are always multiple agendas and the U.S. is no exception.  Since the end of WWII the U.S. State Department ultimate goal is the break up of Russia.  The Laplands to the north and northeast of St. Petersburg, the Caucasus' south of Volvograd and the grand prize Russia's political subdivision east of the Ural Mountains.  All forming new countries "friendly" to the Alliance [U.S. U.K. NATO EU] and their global natural resource corporations especially but not exclusive oil and gas.      

“Surprisingly,” Portman continued, “there is currently no single U.S. governmental agency or department charged with the national level development, integration and synchronization of whole-of-government strategies to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation.” 

Here is the full statement issued by the generously funded Senator Rob Portman (R- Ohio) on the singing into law of a bill that further chips away at press liberties in the US, and which sets the stage for future which hunts and website shutdowns, purely as a result of an accusation that any one media outlet or site is considered as a source of "disinformation and propaganda" and is shut down by the government. 

And so, with the likes of WaPo having already primed the general public to equate "Russian Propaganda" with "fake news" (despite admitting after the fact their own report was essentially "fake"), while the US media has indoctrinated the public to assume that any information which is not in compliance with the official government narrative, or dares to criticize the establishment, is also "fake news" and thus falls under the "Russian propaganda" umbrella, the scene is now set for the US government to legally crack down on every media outlet that the government deems to be "foreign propaganda." 

DYI:  The other agenda any citizen journalist or new media reaching a large audience that deviates from the political elites narrative such as ginning up a new cold war with Russia will be seen as propaganda or fake news.  The government's first attempt will be to overwhelm independent news sites with government propaganda if that fails, then the heavy hand of government we be brought to bear. Main stream press will cheer lead this government action that will suppress competition.

In a nutshell the main Stream press is in bed with big government to protect what waning profits they have left and to grow their business' through the reduction and/or elimination of competition.  The main stream press has long ago has shown a disdain and abandonment for the 1st amendment.  As for Robert Portman(R-Ohio) he's nothing more than a whore for the corporate elites and traitor to the constitution along with his comrade in arms Obama! 

United States 

 Ministry of Truth 

 is 

officially born.

 DYI