The difference is the media could already do all those things. There have never been any restrictions on the media. The NDAA reboot didn't change that. What it did was change what the government could do, how the government could "encourage" the media to run specific stories of it's design.

Even there, it was already happening and had been for forever. Government propaganda never stopped running. The Church Commission found that out in great detail. Another commission (forget the name) in the early 90s found out that that situation never changed, and the promises of the CIA to desist were lies.

All HR4310 did was make the actions of the DoD, CIA, etc., that had been illegal since 1948 (but never actually stopped) legal again. This means that it made it legal for the GOVERNMENT to push propaganda, through the media, legally.

This eliminated the need for explaining away those pesky congressional investigations, because now there couldn't be one, because it wasn't illegal.

The difference is the media could already do all those things. There have never been any restrictions on the media. The NDAA reboot didn't change that. What it did was change what the government could do, how the government could "encourage" the media to run specific stories of it's design.

Even there, it was already happening and had been for forever. Government propaganda never stopped running. The Church Commission found that out in great detail. Another commission (forget the name) in the early 90s found out that that situation never changed, and the promises of the CIA to desist were lies.

All HR4310 did was make the actions of the DoD, CIA, etc., that had been illegal since 1948 (but never actually stopped) legal again. This means that it made it legal for the GOVERNMENT to push propaganda, through the media, legally.

This eliminated the need for explaining away those pesky congressional investigations, because now their couldn't be one, because it wasn't illegal.