While condemning “fake news” on the one hand, President Barack Obama used the other to sign a new law that puts the United States in a position to monitor propaganda. From Western Journalism: On Friday, Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, a broad defense spending bill that includes within it legislation known as the “Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act.” The Propaganda Act was authored by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio and Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Portman, in a statement accompanying the bill’s signing, said the Propaganda Act creates “an interagency center housed at the State Department to … Continue reading Obama Signs New Law Giving U.S. Government Access to CRACK DOWN on “Propaganda”