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The Committee on Public Information (1917–1919), also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front.
The Committee on Public Information was responsible for producing films; commissioning posters; publishing numerous books and pamphlets; purchasing advertisements in major newspapers; and recruiting businessmen, preachers, and professors to serve as public speakers in charge of altering public opinion at the communal level. [8]
The Four Minute Men were a group of volunteers authorized by United States President Woodrow Wilson to give four-minute speeches on topics given to them by the Committee on Public Information (CPI). In 1917–1918, over 750,000 speeches were given in 5,200 communities by over 75,000 accomplished orators, reaching about 400 million listeners. [ 1 ]
Newsreels became increasingly popular and a part of the standard war propaganda policy with the DOI and its successor, the Ministry of Information. Propaganda poster by Louis D. Fancher. The U.S. developed its own propaganda organization, the Committee on Public Information (CPI), days after the declaration of war. Originally wary of film as a ...
This anti-German sentiment was fueled by the Committee on Public Information (CPI), which spread messages through films, posters, speeches, and other media. The CPI played a key role in framing Germans as "Huns" and fostering a fear-driven atmosphere that justified U.S. involvement in the war.
The public skepticism that was generated by the heavy-handed tactics of the Committee on Public Information would lead the postwar government to officially abandon the use of propaganda. [4] The 1915 film The German Side of the War was compiled from footage filmed by Chicago Tribune cameraman Edwin F. Weigle.
The White House quickly scrambled to clean up Biden’s remarks and dubiously tried to argue that Biden said “supporter’s” with an apostrophe, despite video showing Biden punctuating his remark.
In April 1917, the Wilson Administration created the Committee on Public Information (CPI), known as the Creel Committee, to control war information and provide pro-war propaganda. Employing talented writers and scholars, it issued anti-German pamphlets and films.