The fact check on this is that this change Obama made only applied to The Voice of America foreign programming. I don’t know what to believe. It is one of those memes that hasn’t gone away and people believe what they want to about it.
The fact check on this is that this change Obama made only applied to The Voice of America foreign programming. I don’t know what to believe. It is one of those memes that hasn’t gone away and people believe what they want to about it.
"Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 - AMENDS the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Secretary of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide for the preparation and dissemination of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, including about its people, its history, and the federal government's policies, THROUGH PRESS, PUBLICATIONS, RADIO, MOTION PICTURES, THE INTERNET, AND OTHER INFORMATION MEDIA INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, and through information centers and instructors. (Under current* law such authority is restricted to information disseminated abroad, with a limited domestic exception.)
Authorizes the Secretary and the Board to make available IN THE UNITED STATES motion pictures, films, video, audio, and other materials prepared for dissemination abroad** or disseminated abroad pursuant to such Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, or the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
AMENDS the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to prohibit funds for the Department of State or the Board from being used to influence public opinion or propagandizing in the United States. (Under current law such provision applies to the United States Information Agency [USIA].)"
*2012
**"Modern" news media like CNN, having a domestic AND international audience, and the international news availability domestically on the lnternet were two of the initial examples cited as justification for it.
Just imagine what else has been permitted since this was signed into law and tucked into the NDAA "Patriot Act". We may never know as it's probably classified.
Well that is the format I have seen it in for at least 50 times in the last several years. So for lack of a better word, “meme”. Political action, presidential directive, regulatory rule, etc etc
The fact check on this is that this change Obama made only applied to The Voice of America foreign programming. I don’t know what to believe. It is one of those memes that hasn’t gone away and people believe what they want to about it.
Commenterinchief, that's incorrect:
"Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 - AMENDS the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Secretary of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide for the preparation and dissemination of information intended for foreign audiences abroad about the United States, including about its people, its history, and the federal government's policies, THROUGH PRESS, PUBLICATIONS, RADIO, MOTION PICTURES, THE INTERNET, AND OTHER INFORMATION MEDIA INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, and through information centers and instructors. (Under current* law such authority is restricted to information disseminated abroad, with a limited domestic exception.)
Authorizes the Secretary and the Board to make available IN THE UNITED STATES motion pictures, films, video, audio, and other materials prepared for dissemination abroad** or disseminated abroad pursuant to such Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, or the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
AMENDS the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to prohibit funds for the Department of State or the Board from being used to influence public opinion or propagandizing in the United States. (Under current law such provision applies to the United States Information Agency [USIA].)"
*2012
**"Modern" news media like CNN, having a domestic AND international audience, and the international news availability domestically on the lnternet were two of the initial examples cited as justification for it.
Just imagine what else has been permitted since this was signed into law and tucked into the NDAA "Patriot Act". We may never know as it's probably classified.
It's not a "meme." You misuse the word
Well that is the format I have seen it in for at least 50 times in the last several years. So for lack of a better word, “meme”. Political action, presidential directive, regulatory rule, etc etc