{"id":1971439,"date":"2023-07-12T21:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-greenwald-torches-wray-for-failure-to-define-disinformation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:27:40","slug":"glenn-greenwald-torches-wray-for-failure-to-define-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-greenwald-torches-wray-for-failure-to-define-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwald slams Wray over lack of &#8216;disinformation&#8217; definition."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fglenn-greenwald-torches-wray-for-failure-to-define-disinformation%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=1971439&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--><h2>Glenn Greenwald Slams FBI Director for Failing to Define &#8220;Disinformation&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald didn&#8217;t hold back in his criticism of FBI Director Christopher Wray after Wray failed to provide a clear definition for the term &#8220;disinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) asked Wray for a firm definition of disinformation, and Wray seemed hesitant to answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey did this under the guise that it was disinformation. Can you define what disinformation is?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I can tell you is that our focus is not on disinformation, broadly speaking\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director Wray\u2019s FBI is responsible for repeated 1A violations and he can\u2019t answer for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3jChwqt3Rc\">pic.twitter.com\/3jChwqt3Rc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1679148639149752320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson accused the FBI of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-greenwald-torches-wray-for-failure-to-define-disinformation\/\" title=\"Greenwald slams Wray over lack of 'disinformation' definition.\">suppressing conservative-leaning free speech<\/a> on various topics, including the laptop, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-said-he-would-press-china-on-the-origins-of-covid-he-hasnt\/\" title=\"Biden Said He Would Press China on the Origins of COVID. He Hasn\u2019t.\">lab-leak theory<\/a> of COVID-19&#8217;s origin, the effectiveness of masks and lockdowns, and election integrity in the 2020 presidential election. He questioned Wray on the definition of disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Wray evaded the question, stating that their focus was not on disinformation in general. Johnson pressed further, but Wray maintained that the only disinformation they addressed came from foreign actors, without providing a clear definition.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Greenwald took to Twitter, stating, &#8220;The reason FBI Director Chris Wray can&#8217;t define &#8216;disinformation&#8217; \u2014 even though that&#8217;s the basis for the FBI&#8217;s pressure campaign on Big Tech to censor Americans \u2014 is it&#8217;s a bullshit, concocted term with no fixed meaning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reason FBI Director Chris Wray can&#8217;t define &#8220;disinformation&#8221; \u2014 even though that&#8217;s the basis for the FBI&#8217;s pressure campaign on Big Tech to censor Americans \u2014 is it&#8217;s a bullshit, concocted term with no fixed meaning. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what gives it its power (like &#8220;terrorism&#8221;): <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qhq6CNd2Qr\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qhq6CNd2Qr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1679235835105796096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Greenwald further explained that the ambiguity and lack of a fixed meaning of terms like &#8220;disinformation,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-norway-just-criminalize-misgendering-a-trans-person-even-in-private-homes\/\" title=\"Did Norway Just Criminalize \u2018Misgendering\u2019 a Trans Person, Even in Private Homes?\">hate speech<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;terrorism&#8221; allow those in power to subjectively apply them as they see fit, enabling abuse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">However one defines &#8220;disinformation,&#8221; it&#8217;s beyond reasonable dispute that the FBI always has been, and continues to be, one of the most prolific disseminators of it.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true of corporate media and the establishment frauds they&#8217;ve christened as &#8220;disinformation experts.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21MSZ6tw49\">pic.twitter.com\/21MSZ6tw49<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1679236874718552065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Greenwald concluded by stating that the FBI, along with corporate media and so-called &#8220;disinformation experts,&#8221; have been prolific disseminators of disinformation. He supported his statement with a screenshot of a tweet from former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who falsely labeled the Hunter Biden laptop as &#8220;Russian disinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald criticized FBI Director Christopher Wray for his inability to define &#8220;disinformation.&#8221; During a hearing, Rep. Mike Johnson asked for a clear definition, but Wray seemed hesitant to provide one. 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