Archived CNN Journalist, Amber Lyon admits Gov pays for fake news (facebook.com)
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Archived CNN Journalist, Amber Lyon admits Gov pays for fake news (facebook.com)
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[–] detcadder ago
At the end of 2012 he signed HR4310 which nullified the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 which explicitly forbade the government from running information and psychological operations aimed at influencing U.S. public opinion. Now the government can go beyond manipulating news to directly dissimulate misinformation campaigns. Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I didn't notice the mail icon. :/