How Woodrow Wilson's Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism

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How Woodrow Wilson's Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism
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Smithsonian Magazine

The Committee on Public Information, also known as the Creel Committee after chairman George Creel, was created by President Wilson to help control all war related news and promote the war effort at home. This article by Christopher B. Daly from Smithsonian Magazine highlights the various operations of the Creel Committee's propaganda machine that set the example for propaganda's use during later wars.