WH Response on ‘Disinformation Board’ Shows Just How Desperate for Control They Are – Opinion

It was not a coincidence that you had Elon Musk buying Twitter and then all of sudden, the Biden team found the need to form a Ministry of Truth run by the DHS — otherwise known as a creepy-sounding “Disinformation Governance Board.”

Most people’s first reaction to the Biden Administration’s attempt to make this happen is to think about how Orwellian and absurd it sounds. The second might be that it’s exactly what the First Amendment was designed to protect against. The third might be to take notice this says “governance,” and is being run by the Department of Homeland Security, which usually is pursuing threats and crimes.

When you have people like these, how can speech crimes that are fully declared be so far off? And finally, this was formed specifically “ahead of the midterms” to deal with “misinformation” peddled to minority communities — which sounds like they’re going to do all they can to try to shut down speech that they think might hurt their chances, just as they did in 2020. And how typical of the Biden Administration to treat minorities as though they can’t make a judgment about the information they receive themselves — this is treating minorities like children to whom the government needs to explain things.

The very people who were upset about President Donald Trump calling media false stories “fake news” are just cool with the government now weighing in and determining what is “true” or not true. They are the same people who have been promoting the Russia collusion hoax over the years.

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary (soon MSDNC propagandist), responded as if there was no problem with the agenda.

PSAKI: It sounds as if the purpose of the board was to stop disinformation and misinformation traveling across the country through a variety of communities. That effort is not supported by anyone I know. pic.twitter.com/Z4xOv46RLT

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 28, 2022

“It sounds like the objective of the board is to prevent disinformation and misinformation from traveling around the country in a range of communities,” Psaki said. “I’m not sure who opposes that effort.”

What about every sane individual who holds to the Constitution? Every American should oppose this — it violates everything for which we are supposed to stand.

This is the person that she’s praising as an expert on disinformation? Let’s take another look at her.

Jen Psaki On Nina Jankowicz

She is an expert in online disinformation.

“This person has extensive qualifications. pic.twitter.com/WN7uVl4eGf

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) April 29, 2022

But the objection isn’t just to the person who would be in charge — a leftist joke who wouldn’t know the truth from disinformation if it smacked her in the face — the very concept is wrong, to begin with. It’s disgraceful that they would now be attempting to use our taxpayer dollars to do such a thing, to control us and control the narrative.

Psaki’s very comment about the board is itself “disinformation,” since a lot of people are opposing it. That reality is dismissed by Psaki. Is she going to point out the disinformation they are spreading? The Biden team has some of the biggest purveyors of disinformation on all kinds of subjects, from COVID to the economy — but especially, about anything that might threaten their ability to control the narrative.

If Trump was president, what would they think of this type of board? It’s obvious that they would shout at the sky and cover how this is an attack on democracy every day. But, what about the outrage in the liberal media? Crickets.

Jonathan Turley from George Washington University, law professor observed that there is now a shift in social media censorship between corporate and state. Because of their influence on the social media control authorities, they were able have some control over social media and some censorship. They are now trying to find a way to maintain control over this platform that they don’t control.

We saw all the Democratic big wigs coming together on the narrative, with Barack Obama preaching against “disinformation” and pushing for regulation, Elizabeth Warren calling Musk wanting to preserve free speech on Twitter a threat to democracy and calling for “rules” to stop changes, and Hillary Clinton pushing in favor of a European censorship law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Turley points out the problem that Musk may ultimately face, despite his desires to protect free speech — if he has to face things like the Digital Services Act in places like Europe, he may have to comply with those laws which don’t care about the First Amendment or free speech, to avoid continuing liability or other legal issues. Thus the company could be forced to base policies on the “lowest common denominator for free speech,” and that would be problematic.

Therefore, it will be interesting to see how Musk handles this challenge.

This is great news for the liberal elite. This is because they recognize that their control is under serious threat and freedom is winning.