>this to me is insidious
of course it is and the paper states what should be self-evident to anyone.
"Under existing [1980] United States law, PSYOP units may not target American citizens. That prohibition is based upon the presumption that "propaganda" is necessarily a lie or at least a misleading half-truth, and that the government has no right to lie to the people."
I'm not in favor of censorship of information under the 1st amendment, but if the State's real goal was to protect its people, then corporate news services (MSM) should come with a BLACK BOX WARNING from the FCC, the same way the FDA issues such warnings about taking SSRI's and anti-psychotics.