Episode 185: Propaganda versus Public Debate in the USA

Has government and media propaganda been increasing in America or are we just more sensitive to it? Propaganda HAS increased.  We review how leaders used propaganda  to prod Americans into World War I and the backlash against it spurred the passage of the Smith-Mundt Act in 1948.  In 2012, during the Obama administration, many of the protections of this act were repealed, justified by the War on Terror. There have been proponents of propaganda in our own government for quite some time. How do we recognize it and become less vulnerable to it?

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