America’s propaganda bureau was formed on the fly and without
congressional input or oversight. The innocuous-sounding Committee on
Public Information (CPI) emerged by executive order with a former
muckraking journalist, the brilliant and unfocused George Creel, at its
head. While Creel’s energy and creativity inspired his staff, his
flamboyant style and thin skin infuriated his critics, of whom there
were soon many. But he was on a war-time mission: “America must be
thrilled into unity and projectile force.”
In the relatively short span of America’s participation in WWI — just
over 18 months — the CPI grew into a propaganda behemoth with offices
around the world generating daily bulletins, advertisements, cartoons,
and even films. The “Four Minute Men” was a contingent of volunteer
public speakers eventually numbering almost 75,000 who gave short,
punchy, patriotic speeches during intermissions at movie theaters and
other gatherings.
http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/manipulating-the-masses-woodrow-wilson-and-the-birth-of-american-propaganda
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