Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Instapundit - Washington Post’s Cleve Wootson asked if the government has a “role” in tackling “misinformation”

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OLD AND BUSTED: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
The New Hotness? Why did a Washington Post reporter urge the White House to censor Trump?
...Earlier this week, a Washington Post reporter took it to the next level by openly suggesting the government get in on the game.
During a White House press briefing, the Washington Post’s Cleve Wootson asked if the government has a “role” in tackling “misinformation” and if President Joe Biden planned to “intervene” in Trump’s X Space.
“I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign issue.
It’s a — you know, it’s an America issue. What role does the White House or the president have any sort of stopping that or stopping the spread of that or sort of inter — intervening in that. 
Some of that was about campaign misinformation, but you know it’s a wider thing, right?” Wootson asked....

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