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Obama Signs a Shadowy New Anti-Propaganda Center (alternet.org)
5 points by zw123456 on Jan 1, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Saw this one described as the "ministry of truth" on one of the alt-right websites. I like how they emphasize that it will be deployed/instituted under the direction of the trump administration. Maybe Bannon could take the helm? He knows how to craft a few clever messages.

The mental gymnastics required to spin these last weeks of pax obama for political ends, let alone comprehend them, must be keeping more than a few people up at night. Imagine if this new center found some connection (funding, content, editing) between Russian or Israeli foreign propaganda efforts and domestic channels like breitbart or infowars (divide and conquer!). Not suggesting its likely but yikes!

When such a center tasked with the full support and capabilities afforded by the US government to "recognize, understand, expose, and counter" foreign influences surely some surprises will be unearthed?

My old man says it's going to be an "interesting year". I'm increasing fearful that he is right.




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