Selling A War: Father of American Propaganda
20th century
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15m
George Creel was a progressive reformer who advocated for social and political reforms and saw the government as key in shaping public opinion and promoting social change. He saw propaganda as the primary tool to mobilize public support for such causes and this propaganda agency to release government news, sustain morale, administer voluntary press censorship, and propagandize abroad. This is the story of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) and Woodrow Wilson's efforts to sell WWI to the American public.
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