Richard Stengel
 Richard Stengel    (propagandist) | ||||||||
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| Born | May 2 1955 | |||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, DFR Lab, NewsGuard | |||||||
Senio US Propagandist "Having once been almost a First Amendment absolutist, I have really moved my position on it, because I just think for practical reasons..."
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Richard Stengel is the top state media appointee for US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team.
Chief Propagandist
Stengel has enthusiastically defended the use of propaganda against Americans. “My old job at the State Department was what people used to joke as the chief propagandist,” Stengel said in 2018. “I’m not against propaganda. Every country does it, and they have to do it to their own population. And I don’t necessarily think it’s that awful.”[1]
Stengel has proposed “rethinking” the First Amendment that guarantees the freedom of speech and press. In 2018, he stated, “Having once been almost a First Amendment absolutist, I have really moved my position on it, because I just think for practical reasons in society, we have to kind of rethink some of those things.”
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland | 2113 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
