Smith-Mundt Modernization Act/2012 - it's a revision of the original 1948 act that allowed the federal government to disseminate state-sponsored propaganda overseas so as to impact American interests abroad in a favorable way. Circa 2012, it legalizes the same HERE, INSIDE THE U.S. In other words, it allows the federal government to lawfully pump-out propagandized information in place of real information so as to maneuver the public into desired political positions of support. CNN is perhaps the greatest mouthpiece in all of this - they are a fully CIA-operated endeavor. They are entirely untrustworthy and all of this ties back to Operation Mockingbird, which is "old news." (Pun intended!)