George Creel (December 1, 1876-2 October 1953) was an investigative journalist, a politician, and, most famously, the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Creel began his career as a reporter for the "Kansas City World" in 1894 before starting his own newspaper, the "Kansas City Independent", in 1899. Wikipedia
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