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2005-10-20 18:28:06

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved legislation by Democrats requiring government agencies to disclose their role in prepackaged news stories they issue, in a move to clamp down on what has been called covert propaganda. The Senate Commerce Committee approved the measure that requires the packages to clearly notify the audience that the U.S. government prepared the segment or funded it. "The American people deserve the truth, not fake news from their own...