The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 - Obama allowed false news and propaganda to be disseminated to Americans.

The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 established that via the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Voice of America (VOA), and Radio Free Europe (RFE), the U.S. State Department and Office of Public Affairs were authorized to disseminate propaganda to foreign publics, but were strictly prohibited from releasing that same propaganda in America for public consumption. Put simply, our government was permitted to lie to people in other countries, but not to us here at home.**

This prohibition was lifted in 2012, when the SMMA was signed into law by President Obama, allowing the same propaganda disseminated by our government to foreign publics, to now be released in the U.S. for the very first time. Obama enacted the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, repealing the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act.

And yes, our government is also now allowed to create propaganda tailored specifically for U.S. public consumption, using any media as it sees fit, while remaining anonymous as the source of the material being reported.

WHY DIDN'T TRUMP REVERSE OBAMA'S 2012 MODERNIZATION OF THE 1948 SMITH-MUNDT ACT WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT?

That would have stopped FAKE NEWS.

The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 - Obama allowed false news and propaganda to be disseminated to Americans.

The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 established that via the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Voice of America (VOA), and Radio Free Europe (RFE), the U.S. State Department and Office of Public Affairs were authorized to disseminate propaganda to foreign publics, but were strictly prohibited from releasing that same propaganda in America for public consumption. Put simply, our government was permitted to lie to people in other countries, but not to us here at home.**

This prohibition was lifted in 2012, when the SMMA was signed into law by President Obama, allowing the same propaganda disseminated by our government to foreign publics, to now be released in the U.S. for the very first time. Obama enacted the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, repealing the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act.

And yes, our government is also now allowed to create propaganda tailored specifically for U.S. public consumption, using any media as it sees fit, while remaining anonymous as the source of the material being reported.

WHY DIDN'T TRUMP REVERSE OBAMA'S 2012 MODERNIZATION OF THE 1948 SMITH-MUNDT ACT WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT?

That would have stopped FAKE NEWS.