"Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda" - John Maxwell Hamilton (2020)
It's about how the federal government first began using its power on a mass scale to lie to everyone. At the time, it was used to convince a very pro-Germany populace to turn against the Kaiser and get the U.S. involved in WW1. It has scaled up considerably since then.
It might be available for free on ZLibrary. I haven't tried to get it there.
https://usa1lib.org/book/6117273/ce0939
Edit: shorter explanation of what the CPI, Committee on Public Information, did.
https://www.thoughtco.com/committee-on-public-information-4691743
"Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda" - John Maxwell Hamilton (2020)
It's about how the federal government first began using its power on a mass scale to lie to everyone. At the time, it was used to convince a very pro-Germany populace to turn against the Kaiser and get the U.S. involved in WW1. It has scaled up considerably since then.
It might be available for free on ZLibrary. I haven't tried to get it there.