{"id":2147504,"date":"2024-01-12T12:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pushes-back-on-theory-claiming-taylor-swift-is-a-govt-psyop\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:59:01","slug":"pentagon-pushes-back-on-theory-claiming-taylor-swift-is-a-govt-psyop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pushes-back-on-theory-claiming-taylor-swift-is-a-govt-psyop\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Pushes Back On Theory Claiming Taylor Swift Is A Gov\u2019t PsyOp"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpentagon-pushes-back-on-theory-claiming-taylor-swift-is-a-govt-psyop%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=2147504&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Swift City, ERAzona (Glendale, Arizona). (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/michaelangelo-hernandez\">Michaelangelo Hernandez<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\"><br \/><\/a>9:48 AM \u2013 Friday, January 12, 2024<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has responded to a theory aired by<em> Fox News<\/em>\u2018 Jesse Watters, claiming that American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift\u2019s meteoric rise to fame is part of a government psychological operation to get young people to vote Democrat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a segment this week on <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>, the host played a video supposedly showing a DOD official suggesting turning Swift into an asset to combat so called misinformation. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is Taylor Swift a Pentagon PsyOp asset? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yHp8WywKh8\">pic.twitter.com\/yHp8WywKh8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseBWatters\/status\/1744899360159109185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, the official was not a Pentagon employee, but instead a research engineer with no known ties to the U.S. military. The individual was giving a presentation on how misinformation spreads online.<\/p>\n<p>When talking about the theory, Sabrina Singh, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, said they would \u201cshake it off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift has been outspoken on her political beliefs in recent years. In the 2020 presidential election, she endorsed Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf8| \u201cI\u2019ll be voting for Joe Biden for president. So apt that it\u2019s come out on the night of the VP debate. Gonna be watching and supporting Kamala Harris by yelling at the tv a lot. And I also have custom cookies\u201d \u2013 Taylor Swift via Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vote?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vote<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPDebate?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPDebate<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BidenHarris2020?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BidenHarris2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZS9N0T0gLg\">pic.twitter.com\/ZS9N0T0gLg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSwiftLA\/status\/1313940495404396545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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