Earlier efforts to introduce legislation for banning alternative media that does not toe the official line ran into a lot of resistance and were shelved. So, these changes and controls were slipped into the annual defence budget bills, signed by Obama just before Christmas. The practice of burying key changes inside bills ostensibly for other purposes is a well-established US practice, as is signing key legislation when the world is looking the other way, the last business day before Christmas. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 is a good example. In this case, both tactics are in play.
Here is a brief video from Dahboo7 and here is an impassioned commentary on it from Alex Jones, with far more detail.
Do not underestimate the significance of this.
As Jones says, the headline should be NDAA federalizes the Internet, print media, all forms of communication.
Zero Hedge has an article entitled Obama Quietly Signs The “Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act” Into Law. I quote:
But while the passage of the NDAA – and the funding of the US military – was hardly a surprise, the biggest news is what was buried deep inside the provisions of the Defense Authorization Act.
Recall that as we reported in early June, “a bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth had been quietly introduced in Congress. As with any legislation attempting to dodge the public spotlight the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016 marks a further curtailment of press freedom and another avenue to stultify avenues of accurate information. Introduced by Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and Ted Lieu, H.R. 5181 seeks a “whole-government approach without the bureaucratic restrictions” to counter “foreign disinformation and manipulation,” which they believe threaten the world’s “security and stability.”
Also called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692), when introduced in March by Sen. Rob Portman, the legislation represents a dramatic return to Cold War-era government propaganda battles. “These countries spend vast sums of money on advanced broadcast and digital media capabilities, targeted campaigns, funding of foreign political movements, and other efforts to influence key audiences and populations,” Portman explained, adding that while the U.S. spends a relatively small amount on its Voice of America, the Kremlin provides enormous funding for its news organization, RT.
“Surprisingly,” Portman continued, “there is currently no single U.S. governmental agency or department charged with the national level development, integration and synchronization of whole-of-government strategies to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation.”
Long before the “fake news” meme became a daily topic of extensive conversation on such discredited mainstream portals as CNN and WaPo, H.R. 5181 would task the Secretary of State with coordinating the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to “establish a Center for Information Analysis and Response,” which will pinpoint sources of disinformation, analyze data, and — in true dystopic manner — ‘develop and disseminate’ “fact-based narratives” to counter effrontery propaganda.
In short, long before “fake news” became a major media topic, the US government was already planning its legally-backed crackdown on anything it would eventually label “fake news.”
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Fast forward to December 8, when the “Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act” passed in the Senate, quietly inserted inside the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report.
And now, following Friday’s Obama signing of the NDAA on Friday evening, the Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act is now law.
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Here is the full statement issued by the generously funded Senator Rob Portman (R- Ohio) on the signing into law of a bill that further chips away at press liberties in the US, and which sets the stage for future witch-hunts and website shutdowns, purely as a result of an accusation that any one media outlet or site is considered as a source of “disinformation and propaganda” and is shut down by the government.
End of quote.
The United States has truly become an Orwellian state, and the public has no clue. Expect the rest of the Western world to quickly follow.
This bipartisan move comes at a time when the American public still thinks there was something real by way of choice about the Presidential “race”, when it’s all just for show. To quote a friend of mine, “no matter who the people elect, the government still gets in”.
Richard
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