Do you buy into this McCarthy v2.0 bullshit because by doing so you do not have to admit to yourself it is the USA that is the real bad guy in world affairs?
Ed Bernays was an American and advised President Coolidge. As true believers in their own cause, the Soviets learned propaganda and cultivation of public perception techniques from us. Don't pull this crap; we are guilty of our own sins. Our presidents have always lied to us.