{"id":1480030,"date":"2022-05-18T17:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1480030"},"modified":"2022-05-18T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:59:49","slug":"new-white-house-press-sec-claims-disinformation-mischaracterizations-tanked-disinformation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-white-house-press-sec-claims-disinformation-mischaracterizations-tanked-disinformation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"New White House Press Sec Claims Disinformation, \u2018Mischaracterizations\u2019 Tanked Disinformation Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fnew-white-house-press-sec-claims-disinformation-mischaracterizations-tanked-disinformation-board%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=1480030&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1397960621.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued that disinformation spread by critics of President Joe Biden\u2019s administration were responsible for putting the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Disinformation Governance Board on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre took questions on the topic at Wednesday\u2019s press briefing, after it was announced earlier in the day that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-disinformation-chief-resigns-after-homeland-security-puts-board-on-hold\/\">the board was on hold<\/a> and the woman who had been tapped to head it up \u2014 Nina Jankowicz \u2014 had resigned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOOCY TIME: &#8220;Last wk, you guys said\u2026you needed the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS to make sure\u2026freedom of speech is protected across the country &#038; that these platforms are not used for forums of disinformation\u2026What changed?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KJP laments it&#8217;s been &#8220;mischaracterized&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U7SwoonTZ3\">pic.twitter.com\/U7SwoonTZ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1527011162461716481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLast week, you guys said that you needed the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS to make sure that freedom of speech is protected across the country and that these platforms are not used for forums of disinformation,\u201d Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy said, asking, \u201cSo, what changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre noted that the official statement from DHS had been that the board had been \u201cintentionally mischaracterized\u201d despite the administration\u2019s efforts to \u201cexplicitly\u201d detail what the board would and would not do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was never about censorship, policing speech, or removing content from anywhere,\u201d Jean-Pierre continued, adding that the goal was to make sure that DHS was aware of threats posed by disinformation pushed by foreign actors. She went on to say that while the board was on hold, the mission would continue regardless.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: &#8220;So, if it&#8217;s pausing b\/c you think the board was mischaracterized, then the Disinformation Board is being shut down b\/c of disinformation? Is that what&#8217;s happening here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KJP: &#8220;Look\u2026it&#8217;s going to pause. There&#8217;s been a mischaracterations [sic] from outside forces.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KWzUHqSrrg\">pic.twitter.com\/KWzUHqSrrg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1527012377631371264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo, if it\u2019s pausing because you think the board was mischaracterized, then the Disinformation Board is being shut down because of disinformation? Is that what\u2019s happening here?\u201d Doocy asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I mean the board was put forth for a purpose, right? To make sure that we really did address what was happening across the country when it came to misinformation,\u201dJean-Pierre pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s okay to wait now 75 days?\u201d Doocy pressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, no it\u2019s just \u2014 it\u2019s going to pause. There\u2019s been a mischaracterations [sic] from outside forces,\u201d Jean-Pierre said again, once more promising that even though the board was going to \u201cpause\u201d for reevaluation, officials within the DHS still planned to continued the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work doesn\u2019t stop. We\u2019re still going to continue the work, the DHS is still going to continue the work,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre\u2019s comments echoed the framing of a report that broke Wednesday morning at The Washington Post \u2014 written by Taylor Lorenz \u2014 which claimed essentially that the board was derailed by a \u201ccoordinated\u201d attack campaign promoted by Right-wing activists and had resulted in such \u201charassment\u201d that Jankowicz had ultimately resigned.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald mocked the framing in a series of tweets, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a cause of momentary celebration that the Department of Homeland Security was forced by popular anger to \u2018pause\u2019 its Disinformation Board and the absurd #Resistance cartoon they hired to run it, but read this to see how angry Post and @TaylorLorenz are that this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigating and criticizing a Homeland Security official is now \u2018harassment\u2019 and bullying according to the WashPost and @TaylorLorenz. Only ordinary citizens can be investigated \u2014 not high-level U.S. Security State operatives. Them\u2019s the rules,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Investigating and criticizing a Homeland Security official is now &#8220;harassment&#8221; and bullying, according to the WashPost and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLorenz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TaylorLorenz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Only ordinary citizens can be investigated \u2014 not high-level US Security State operatives. Them&#8217;s the rules:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtHpupbeMw\">https:\/\/t.co\/rtHpupbeMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1526946701310840832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued that disinformation spread by critics of President Joe Biden\u2019s administration were responsible for putting the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Disinformation Governance Board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1483623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1480030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1480030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1480030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1480030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}