{"id":1465133,"date":"2022-05-05T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465133"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:59:48","slug":"rand-paul-corners-mayorkas-over-disinformation-governance-board-and-buries-cnn-in-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-corners-mayorkas-over-disinformation-governance-board-and-buries-cnn-in-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Corners Mayorkas Over \u201cDisinformation Governance Board\u201d \u2014 And Buries CNN in the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frand-paul-corners-mayorkas-over-disinformation-governance-board-and-buries-cnn-in-the-process%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yOTc2NDE0OC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY4MDE5MzE3Nn0.8H_iPqrSJ8FC01n387-UwwMYqVGRSnsXKdPv_-3ATWs\/img.jpg?width=1200&#038;coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C61&#038;height=600\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) tore into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, grilling him over the creation of the agency&#8217;s &#8220;disinformation governance board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>What happened?<\/h3>\n<p>During a tense exchange at a Senate hearing, Paul asked Mayorkas whether the infamous anti-Trump dossier included &#8220;Russian disinformation.&#8221; Mayorkas, however, declined to directly answer the question, triggering a heated back-and-forth about the scope of the highly controversial government office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s my question: The FBI concludes that the Steele dossier was full of Russian disinformation. CNN propagated this disinformation gladly for years and years,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;The difference, I guess, between your opinion and our opinion is that as despicable as it is that CNN propagated this disinformation, I wouldn&#8217;t shut them down, I wouldn&#8217;t lecture them, I wouldn&#8217;t put it on a government website that CNN is wrong for propagating disinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The problem you have is you&#8217;re not even willing to admit \u2014 I mean, we can&#8217;t even have an agreement on what the FBI said was disinformation,&#8221; Paul added, noting that failing to agree on what is and what is not &#8220;disinformation&#8221; is a serious issue.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mayorkas said the board would not be responsible for policing disinformation <em>writ large<\/em>, but only &#8220;when there is a connectivity between disinformation and threats to security of the homeland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, the Russians might be considered that. You mentioned the Russians the other day when you tried to pivot away from this being about censorship,&#8221; Paul fired back. &#8220;Let&#8217;s just say &#8230; you&#8217;ve discovered tomorrow Russian disinformation that is going to hurt our national security, and CNN is broadcasting it, what are you going to do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas then presented an example of combatting immigration-related disinformation on social media. But what about Russian disinformation? After all, DHS <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-immigration-media-europe-misinformation-4e873389889bb1d9e2ad8659d9975e9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> a key goal of the board is combatting Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s the problem: We can&#8217;t even agree what disinformation is. You can&#8217;t even agree that it was disinformation that the Russians fed information to the Steele dossier,&#8221; Paul noted. &#8220;If you can&#8217;t agree to that, how are we ever going to come to an agreement on what is disinformation so you can police it on social media?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas responded that the board is tasked with ensuring there are &#8220;guardrails, definitions, standards&#8221; that protect civil rights, privacy, and free speech.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you&#8217;ve got no idea what disinformation is,&#8221; Paul shot back. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you know who the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think of all the debates and disputes we&#8217;ve had over the last 50 years in our country. We work them out by debating them. We don&#8217;t work them out by having the government being the arbiter. I don&#8217;t want guardrails. I want you to have nothing to do with speech,&#8221; Paul added. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You think the American people are so stupid they need you to tell them what the truth is?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t even admit what the truth is with the Steele dossier. I don&#8217;t trust government to figure out what the truth is,&#8221; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Mayorkas also admitted that he was unaware that Nina Jankowicz, the executive director of the disinformation board, called the Hunter Biden laptop story Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">\n        <span class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"28f6942d2d243859f0bd3698b394c17c\">[embedded content]<\/span><br \/>\n        <small class=\"image-media media-caption\">WATCH LIVE: DHS Secretary Mayorkas testifies in Senate as end of Title 42 immigration rule nears<\/small><br \/>\n        <small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\"><br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ftHFxZAqjqE?t=2936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtu.be<\/a><br \/>\n        <\/small>\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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