While it only lasted for a year and half, the Committee on Public Information was the first official propaganda machine in the United States. The CPI sold and financed a war, framed the Spanish flu pandemic, and helped birth the field of modern public relations.
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Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup
Edward Bernays may be known as the Father of Public Relations, but you would not be mistaken if you thought of him as the Father of Lies. He was a bullshit artist par excellence who pioneered countless methods of deceiving the public.
Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup