I'm not so sure the focus on the "Modernization" of Smith-Mundt ("S-M") isn't a distraction. Did Q mention it even once? Did the MSM simply follow orders on what to parrot, with no concern whatsoever about avoiding the legal implications of propagandizing the American public? I asked Grok about this, and while we'll never get the right answers about certain things from AI, being able to get the cliff notes on a document is pretty great. Maybe it's the way I asked the question, but Grok says, "The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 did not legalize government propaganda targeting Americans, authorize the creation of domestic-facing content, or lift bans on influencing U.S. public opinion.”
I admit that I'd taken to heart something I read or heard years ago on this weird journey that Obama had legalized propagandizing the American public, and never did the research myself...but now I wonder. Maybe their use of the media is purely maniacal desire for total world control, and it had nothing to do with S-M.
Grok is lying. I've read the SmithMundt Act, or at least the relevant parts of it, and the wording was indeed changed so as to allow govt. propaganda (normally authorized for use against foreign targets) to be directed at US citizens.
I'm not so sure the focus on the "Modernization" of Smith-Mundt ("S-M") isn't a distraction. Did Q mention it even once? Did the MSM simply follow orders on what to parrot, with no concern whatsoever about avoiding the legal implications of propagandizing the American public? I asked Grok about this, and while we'll never get the right answers about certain things from AI, being able to get the cliff notes on a document is pretty great. Maybe it's the way I asked the question, but Grok says, "The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 did not legalize government propaganda targeting Americans, authorize the creation of domestic-facing content, or lift bans on influencing U.S. public opinion.”
I admit that I'd taken to heart something I read or heard years ago on this weird journey that Obama had legalized propagandizing the American public, and never did the research myself...but now I wonder. Maybe their use of the media is purely maniacal desire for total world control, and it had nothing to do with S-M.
Grok is lying. I've read the SmithMundt Act, or at least the relevant parts of it, and the wording was indeed changed so as to allow govt. propaganda (normally authorized for use against foreign targets) to be directed at US citizens.