AOC says Congress may form commission to ‘rein in’ media after Capitol riot

[Snake]

“There’s absolutely a commission that’s being discussed but it seems to be more investigating in style rather than truth and reconciliation,” she said.

“I do think that several members of Congress in some of my discussions have brought up media literacy because that is part of what happened here,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went on.

“We’re going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so you can’t just spew disinformation and misinformation,” she said.

“It’s one thing to have differentiating opinions, but it’s another thing entirely to just say things that are false, so that’s something that we’re looking into.”

https://nypost.com/2021/01/13/aoc-congress-discussing-probe-to-rein-in-media-after-capitol-riot/

[$poorsledder$]

So who decides what is disinformation and misinformation?

[Skidooski]

3 minutes ago, $poorsledder$ said:

So who decides what is disinformation and misinformation?

Big government of course   

[Snake]

8 minutes ago, $poorsledder$ said:

So who decides what is disinformation and misinformation?

Basically MC and Dildorider....

[Edmo]

24 minutes ago, $poorsledder$ said:

So who decides what is disinformation and misinformation?

Fact-checkers at Twitter and FB.

 

[CFM]

Hell bent on trying to snuff out the republican party, cuz’ ‘Democracy’ .

So...since it’s obvious, why ste we still being told ‘tin foil hat’ ? Oh yeh, right. 

[Highmark]

"Truth Commission"     Who are the fascist again?  

Edited January 15, 2021 by Highmark

[Fireball 440]

The dems have all the "fact checkers" doing their dirty work for them every day already.

AOC needs to catch up.

[Tinker]

A 4 year campaign to discredit and destroy the POTUS and now they want to control the media. Unreal

[ActionfigureJoe]

She agrees with trumpers 

[DriftBusta]

1 minute ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

She agrees with trumpers 

You're all on board certainly.

[ActionfigureJoe]

1 hour ago, DriftBusta said:

You're all on board certainly.

It’s not the government’s job to fact check the media. Freedom of the press is essential. 

[Ez ryder]

3 hours ago, $poorsledder$ said:

So who decides what is disinformation and misinformation?

Lol like you have to ask 

[ActionfigureJoe]

2 hours ago, Highmark said:

"Truth Commission"     Who are the fascist again?  

Trump wanted the same. 

[Highmark]

3 hours ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

Trump wanted the same. 

Link?

[Kivalo]

The media has been obviously partisan for a very long time now. They have been peddling outright lies to further their agenda.

That being said, allowing the government to decide what speech is allowed and what isn't is probably the single most dangerous threat to liberty. 

AOC: THIS is treason, THIS should get you impeached.

[ActionfigureJoe]

16 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Link?

Scraping 230. It would have a chilling effect on freedom of speech. 

[steve from amherst]

58 minutes ago, Kivalo said:

 

  allowing the government to decide what speech is allowed and what isn't is probably the single most dangerous threat to liberty. 

 

without a doubt

[Skidooski]

AOC stop talking and just show your tits...thanks. 

And BTW try not to smile either. We don't need to see all your 46 teeth  

[ActionfigureJoe]

1 hour ago, Kivalo said:

The media has been obviously partisan for a very long time now. They have been peddling outright lies to further their agenda.

That being said, allowing the government to decide what speech is allowed and what isn't is probably the single most dangerous threat to liberty. 

AOC: THIS is treason, THIS should get you impeached.

She’s a dumb piece of shit. 

[Snake]

2 hours ago, Skidooski said:

AOC stop talking and just show your tits...thanks. 

And BTW try not to smile either. We don't need to see all your 46 teeth  

It's like walking into an airport bathroom and seeing all the urinals lined up...

[Carlos Danger]

Here comes the ministry of truth.

[old indy]

Ive been saying it for a few years now. you want to stop the bullshit bring back the anti propaganda laws Obama got rid of.

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans

For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences.

BY JOHN HUDSON

 | JULY 14, 2013, 7:06 PM

Broadcasting Board of Governors / Washington Forum

For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened?

Until this month, a vast ocean of U.S. programming produced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks could only be viewed or listened to at broadcast quality in foreign countries. The programming varies in tone and quality, but its breadth is vast: It’s viewed in more than 100 countries in 61 languages. The topics covered include human rights abuses in Iran, self-immolation in Tibet, human trafficking across Asia, and on-the-ground reporting in Egypt and Iraq.

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The restriction of these broadcasts was due to the Smith-Mundt Act, a long-standing piece of legislation that has been amended numerous times over the years, perhaps most consequentially by Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright. In the 1970s, Fulbright was no friend of VOA and Radio Free Europe, and moved to restrict them from domestic distribution, saying they "should be given the opportunity to take their rightful place in the graveyard of Cold War relics." Fulbright’s amendment to Smith-Mundt was bolstered in 1985 by Nebraska Senator Edward Zorinsky, who argued that such "propaganda" should be kept out of America as to distinguish the U.S. "from the Soviet Union where domestic propaganda is a principal government activity."

Zorinsky and Fulbright sold their amendments on sensible rhetoric: American taxpayers shouldn’t be funding propaganda for American audiences. So did Congress just tear down the American public’s last defense against domestic propaganda?

BBG spokeswoman Lynne Weil insists BBG is not a propaganda outlet, and its flagship services such as VOA "present fair and accurate news."

"They don’t shy away from stories that don’t shed the best light on the United States," she told The Cable. She pointed to the charters of VOA and RFE: "Our journalists provide what many people cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate."

A former U.S. government source with knowledge of the BBG says the organization is no Pravda, but it does advance U.S. interests in more subtle ways. In Somalia, for instance, VOA serves as counterprogramming to outlets peddling anti-American or jihadist sentiment. "Somalis have three options for news," the source said, "word of mouth, al-Shabab, or VOA Somalia."

This partially explains the push to allow BBG broadcasts on local radio stations in the United States. The agency wants to reach diaspora communities, such as St. Paul, Minnesota’s significant Somali expat community. "Those people can get al-Shabab, they can get Russia Today, but they couldn’t get access to their taxpayer-funded news sources like VOA Somalia," the source said. "It was silly."

Lynne added that the reform has a transparency benefit as well. "Now Americans will be able to know more about what they are paying for with their tax dollars — greater transparency is a win-win for all involved," she said. And so with that we have the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, which passed as part of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, and went into effect this month.

But if anyone needed a reminder of the dangers of domestic propaganda efforts, the past 12 months provided ample reasons. Last year, two USA Today journalists were ensnared in a propaganda campaign after reporting about millions of dollars in back taxes owed by the Pentagon’s top propaganda contractor in Afghanistan. Eventually, one of the co-owners of the firm confessed to creating phony websites and Twitter accounts to smear the journalists anonymously. Additionally, just this month, the Washington Post exposed a counter-propaganda program by the Pentagon that recommended posting comments on a U.S. website run by a Somali expat with readers opposing al-Shabab. "Today, the military is more focused on manipulating news and commentary on the Internet, especially social media, by posting material and images without necessarily claiming ownership," reported the Post.

But for BBG officials, the references to Pentagon propaganda efforts are nauseating, particularly because the Smith-Mundt Act never had anything to do with regulating the Pentagon, a fact that was misunderstood in media reports in the run-up to the passage of new Smith-Mundt reforms in January.

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[ActionfigureJoe]

39 minutes ago, old indy said:

Ive been saying it for a few years now. you want to stop the bullshit bring back the anti propaganda laws Obama got rid of.

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans

For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences.

BY JOHN HUDSON

 | JULY 14, 2013, 7:06 PM

Broadcasting Board of Governors / Washington Forum

For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened?

Until this month, a vast ocean of U.S. programming produced by the Broadcasting Board of Governors such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks could only be viewed or listened to at broadcast quality in foreign countries. The programming varies in tone and quality, but its breadth is vast: It’s viewed in more than 100 countries in 61 languages. The topics covered include human rights abuses in Iran, self-immolation in Tibet, human trafficking across Asia, and on-the-ground reporting in Egypt and Iraq.

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Tokyo Wants the Olympics to Happen Even if the Public…

The Japanese government is locked into what critics call a misguided project.

 

 

 

 

 

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The restriction of these broadcasts was due to the Smith-Mundt Act, a long-standing piece of legislation that has been amended numerous times over the years, perhaps most consequentially by Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright. In the 1970s, Fulbright was no friend of VOA and Radio Free Europe, and moved to restrict them from domestic distribution, saying they "should be given the opportunity to take their rightful place in the graveyard of Cold War relics." Fulbright’s amendment to Smith-Mundt was bolstered in 1985 by Nebraska Senator Edward Zorinsky, who argued that such "propaganda" should be kept out of America as to distinguish the U.S. "from the Soviet Union where domestic propaganda is a principal government activity."

Zorinsky and Fulbright sold their amendments on sensible rhetoric: American taxpayers shouldn’t be funding propaganda for American audiences. So did Congress just tear down the American public’s last defense against domestic propaganda?

BBG spokeswoman Lynne Weil insists BBG is not a propaganda outlet, and its flagship services such as VOA "present fair and accurate news."

"They don’t shy away from stories that don’t shed the best light on the United States," she told The Cable. She pointed to the charters of VOA and RFE: "Our journalists provide what many people cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate."

A former U.S. government source with knowledge of the BBG says the organization is no Pravda, but it does advance U.S. interests in more subtle ways. In Somalia, for instance, VOA serves as counterprogramming to outlets peddling anti-American or jihadist sentiment. "Somalis have three options for news," the source said, "word of mouth, al-Shabab, or VOA Somalia."

This partially explains the push to allow BBG broadcasts on local radio stations in the United States. The agency wants to reach diaspora communities, such as St. Paul, Minnesota’s significant Somali expat community. "Those people can get al-Shabab, they can get Russia Today, but they couldn’t get access to their taxpayer-funded news sources like VOA Somalia," the source said. "It was silly."

Lynne added that the reform has a transparency benefit as well. "Now Americans will be able to know more about what they are paying for with their tax dollars — greater transparency is a win-win for all involved," she said. And so with that we have the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, which passed as part of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, and went into effect this month.

But if anyone needed a reminder of the dangers of domestic propaganda efforts, the past 12 months provided ample reasons. Last year, two USA Today journalists were ensnared in a propaganda campaign after reporting about millions of dollars in back taxes owed by the Pentagon’s top propaganda contractor in Afghanistan. Eventually, one of the co-owners of the firm confessed to creating phony websites and Twitter accounts to smear the journalists anonymously. Additionally, just this month, the Washington Post exposed a counter-propaganda program by the Pentagon that recommended posting comments on a U.S. website run by a Somali expat with readers opposing al-Shabab. "Today, the military is more focused on manipulating news and commentary on the Internet, especially social media, by posting material and images without necessarily claiming ownership," reported the Post.

But for BBG officials, the references to Pentagon propaganda efforts are nauseating, particularly because the Smith-Mundt Act never had anything to do with regulating the Pentagon, a fact that was misunderstood in media reports in the run-up to the passage of new Smith-Mundt reforms in January.

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It’s hard for me to believe the garbage you guys allow into your heads. That entire article is bullshit. 

Edited January 16, 2021 by ActionfigureJoe

[old indy]

Read through the fog.  once the law was gone the media has gone off the rails. the lies being pushed daily we later find ARE lies just get bigger to cover the earlier bs.   we do need to put a stop to it. I say bring back the anti propaganda laws we had before Barry did away with them.

Edited January 16, 2021 by old indy