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Jun 12, 2006 · When the United States entered World War I, propagandist George Creel set out to stifle anti-war sentiment. by HistoryNet Staff 6/12/2006. Share This Article. A journalist friend once described George Creel as a man who saw only two classes of men — skunks and the greatest man that ever lived.
Apr 28, 2017 · George Creel Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress. The new agency – which journalist Stephen Ponder called “the nation’s first ministry of information” – was usually referred to as the Creel...
George Creel is most famous as Chairman of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) in the United States during the First World War. Under his leadership, the CPI pioneered public relations and propaganda techniques that were later used both by governments and corporations to manage and manipulate public opinion.
Filmmaker Amanda Pollack discusses George Creel — the man tasked with selling the Great War to the American people.
George Creel. December 1, 1876 Lafayette County, Missouri October 2, 1953 San Francisco, California. Journalist, government bureaucrat. Journalist George Creel was a pioneer in applying the tools of modern advertising and public relations to the cause of national unity during World War I.
The committee consisted of George Creel (chairman) and as ex officio members the Secretaries of: State (Robert Lansing), War (Newton D. Baker), and the Navy (Josephus Daniels). The CPI was the first state bureau covering propaganda in the history of the United States.
Gaining American support for the Great War was paramount to success. President Woodrow Wilson tapped George Creel to head up the Committee on Public Information, and Creel, in turn, created...
