{"id":594048,"date":"2021-07-16T16:50:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=594048"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:50:21","slug":"the-only-pandemic-we-have-is-among-the-unvaccinated-biden-says-facebook-misinformation-is-killing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-only-pandemic-we-have-is-among-the-unvaccinated-biden-says-facebook-misinformation-is-killing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Only Pandemic We Have Is Among The Unvaccinated\u2019: Biden Says Facebook Misinformation Is \u2018Killing People\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fthe-only-pandemic-we-have-is-among-the-unvaccinated-biden-says-facebook-misinformation-is-killing-people%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=594048&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329088138-scaled-e1626467848493.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said Friday that the current coronavirus pandemic \u201cis among the unvaccinated\u201d and said misinformation spread on Facebook is \u201ckilling people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden briefly spoke to reporters as he left the White House and was asked by NBC News\u2019 Peter Alexander what the president\u2019s message to platforms like Facebook is regarding COVID-19 misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re killing people,\u201d Biden exclaimed. \u201cI mean, they\u2019re really \u2013 Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they\u2019re killing people.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/joe-biden-dnc-vaccine-misinformation-covid-19-coronavirus\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;REPORT: The DNC Wants Phone Companies To Police Text Messages For Vaccine Misinformation)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.19305019305\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REPORTER: \u201cWhat\u2019s your message to platforms like Facebook?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BIDEN: \u201cThey\u2019re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they\u2019re killing people.\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HDlr8cKyDw\">pic.twitter.com\/HDlr8cKyDw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1416113369904566276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/09\/jen-psaki-promises-white-house-no-intention-maintain-database-xavier-becerra-comments-coronavirus-vaccine\/\">Psaki<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/15\/covid-19-jen-psaki-white-house-facebook\/\">reporters<\/a> Thursday that the administration is working with Facebook to flag \u201cdisinformation\u201d regarding the coronavirus. The comments sparked backlash, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/critics-slam-psaki-white-houseconsulting-facebook-flag-misinformation\">critics<\/a> like journalist Glenn Greenwald suggesting the move <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1415754145743708164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1415754145743708164%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fcritics-slam-psaki-white-houseconsulting-facebook-flag-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amounted<\/a> to \u201cauthoritarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/jen-psaki-people-banned-social-media-one-platform-facebook\/\">defended<\/a> the move Friday, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/jen-psaki-dodges-question-peter-doocy-social-media-misinformation\/\">reporters<\/a> that an individual banned from one social media platform should be banned from all other platforms if accused of spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur biggest concern here \u2013 and I frankly think it should be your biggest concern \u2013 is the number of people who are dying around the country because they\u2019re getting misinformation that is leading them to not take a vaccine. Young people, old people, kids, children, a lot of them are being impacted by misinformation,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.5756676557864\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DOOCY: \u201cFacebook used to block people from posting that covid may have originated from a lab\u2026 Is there any concern things you are trying to block may some day turn out to be accurate?\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>: \u201cWe don\u2019t take anything down. We don\u2019t block anything.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EmGqS44F2G\">pic.twitter.com\/EmGqS44F2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1416093462106152960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t take anything down,\u201d Psaki said when asked if there\u2019s concern something may be blocked that ends up being accurate. \u201cWe don\u2019t block anything. Facebook and any private sector company makes decisions about what information should be on their platform. Our point is that there is information that is leading people to not take the vaccine and people are dying as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms have censored legitimate stories in the past, like the COVID-19 lab leak theory and the Hunter Biden laptop story, on the basis of disinformation and misinformation allegations. The press secretary didn\u2019t directly answer whether the administration is concerned about flagging \u201cmisinformation\u201d that may turn out to be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said Friday that the current coronavirus pandemic \u201cis among the unvaccinated\u201d and said misinformation spread on Facebook is \u201ckilling people.\u201dBiden briefly spoke to reporters as he left &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594048","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\/594048","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}