US DeepStater Called Out on Live TV About the Recending of the Smith Mundt Act

The Smith-Mundt Act, passed in 1948, authorized U.S. government programs like Voice of America to broadcast information abroad to promote American interests, but it strictly prohibited disseminating that content domestically to prevent the government from propagandizing its own citizens. The act aimed to ensure a free press by keeping taxpayer-funded media separate from domestic audiences, reflecting concerns about government overreach during the Cold War. In 2012, the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, embedded in the National Defense Authorization Act, repealed this domestic ban, allowing government-produced content to be shared within the U.S. upon request. This change, effective in 2013, was framed as a transparency measure to let Americans access materials like Voice of America broadcasts, which were already available online but restricted by law.

Why Repealing this Act in 2012 is So Dangerous

This repeal enables the Deep State to legally influence public opinion through media. The concern is that government-funded narratives, originally crafted for foreign audiences, could be used in psychological operations (psyops) to manipulate Americans, especially since the repeal allows agencies to share content with domestic media outlets. This raises fears of covert propaganda, as seen in historical CIA media influence exposed by the 1975 Church Committee. The repeal’s passage, secretly tucked into a larger defense bill to pass it without resistance, enabling unchecked influence over public perception through collaboration between mainstream Media outlets to work together with the State Department/Intel Agencies to manipulate public perception through military grade psyops with minimal accountability.