SIGNED INTO LAW IN 1948 BY TRUMAN, IT WAS DEVELOPED TO regulate broadcasting of programs for foreign audiences produced under the guidance by the State Department, and it prohibited domestic dissemination of materials produced by such programs as one of its provisions.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT PREVENTED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM USING PROPAGANDA AGAINST ITS OWN PEOPLE.
IN 2012, OBAMA REMOVED THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
WHAT RECENTLY SURFACED RELATING TO THE CORRUPTION OF THE USAID, WAS THAT REUTERS WAS PAID 9 MILLION DOLLARS BY THE FUND FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING/LARGE SCALE DECEPTION. POLITICO RECEIVED 8 MILLION DOLLARS WHILE THE NY TIMES RECEIVED AN ASTOUNDING 50 MILLION DOLLARS