EOTO 2: Smith-Mundt Act
The US Information and Education Exchange Act better known as the “Smith-Mundt act" was a bill proposed by Karl E. Mundt during the year of 1945 during the 79th congress. It was passed during the year of 1948 by the 80th congress, under President Harry S. Truman; in January of that year, he signed it into law. The point of the act was to keep the government and its agencies from spreading propaganda to U.S citizens. This act allowed for the government to broadcast propaganda overseas whether it be TV broadcasts, books, pamphlets, movies, radio shows, and more. There are many good implications to this as this prohibits government agencies like the FBI or CIA from pushing misinformation to the masses of the United States and allows for us to make decisions based on what we see and hear and not what the government puts out there to sway us. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 amended the US Information and Education exchange Act. Passed by the 112th congress, the mending of thi
