(Here we go! Orwell’s “Ministry Of Truth” is alive and well in Washington DC – the deception capital of the world. The kings of fake news and deception (the mainstream media and Washington DC) are trying to block the small independent news sources who are actually getting some truths to the public via the internet. The kings of deception (the US Government and its mainstream media) have decided that truth cannot be tolerated. So the “lawmakers” are creating new regulations and a department for countering truth and real information in a bid to insure that only the government’s fake news comes before the eyes of the public.
So the government is now labeling any news that comes from sources not under their control as “fake news.” And they are claiming that Russia and China are the sources for most “fake news.”
What a laugh! The biggest purveyors of deception and fake news (the US Government and their CIA-controlled mainstream news agencies) who NEVER tell the truth, just can’t stand the heat from foreign news agencies (like Russia Today) and gutsy independent reporters who actually do their best to tell the truth (like ACM OUTPOST, for instance). So the real liars and purveyors of fake news are creating an Orwellian governmental enforcement agency to censor/criminalize all but the government-approved news. They intend to try to block the possibility of Americans actually getting to see or read anything real and factual. They need to control what Americans hear and see in order to keep the public ignorant in spite of the assumed protection of free speech under the First Amendment.
If they succeed in this effort to censor independent and outside internet news sources, and hoodwink the American public, sites like ACM OUTPOST will be banned. However, they may not succeed in their underhanded move to silence our voices. Nonetheless, the mainstream media are certainly doing their best to paint alternative media as “unpatriotic” and “fake.”
The following report tells of the Portman/Murphy Bill that, if passed into law, would give government power to censor any information it doesn’t like. -ed.)
December 08, 2016
Portman/Murphy Bill Claims it will Defend Against “Propaganda and Disinformation” from Russia, China & Others
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) today announced that their Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act – legislation designed to help American allies counter foreign government propaganda from Russia, China, and other nations – has passed the Senate as part of the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report. The bipartisan bill, which was introduced by Senators Portman and Murphy in March, will improve the ability of the United States to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation by establishing an interagency center housed at the State Department to coordinate and synchronize counter-propaganda efforts throughout the U.S. government. To support these efforts, the bill also creates a grant program for NGOs, think tanks, civil society and other experts outside government who are engaged in counter-propaganda related work. This will better leverage existing expertise and empower local communities to defend themselves from foreign manipulation.
NOTE: The bipartisan Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act is organized around two main priorities to help achieve the goal of combating the constantly evolving threat of foreign disinformation. They are as follows:
- The first priority is developing a whole-of-government strategy for countering foreign propaganda and disinformation. The bill would increase the authority, resources, and mandate of the Global Engagement Center to include state actors like Russia and China in addition to violent extremists. The Center will be led by the State Department, but with the active senior level participation of the Department of Defense, USAID, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Intelligence Community, and other relevant agencies. The Center will develop, integrate, and synchronize whole-of-government initiatives to expose and counter foreign disinformation operations and proactively advance fact-based narratives that support U.S. allies and interests.
- Second, the legislation seeks to leverage expertise from outside government to create more adaptive and responsive U.S. strategy options. The legislation establishes a fund to help train local journalists and provide grants and contracts to NGOs, civil society organizations, think tanks, private sector companies, media organizations, and other experts outside the U.S. government with experience in identifying and analyzing the latest trends in foreign government disinformation techniques. This fund will complement and support the Center’s role by integrating capabilities and expertise available outside the U.S. government into the strategy-making process. It will also empower a decentralized network of private sector experts and integrate their expertise into the strategy-making process.
The government’s interest in this kind of legislation exposes two things: 1. they intend to censor dissension, and 2. they are deceivers and fear truth.
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