Aspiring MSNBC host Jen Psaki’s penultimate White House press conference was an object lesson in how Democrats and their media allies work to undermine negative press.
Psaki dismissed a Washington Free Beacon report on taxpayer-funded crack pipes as a “bit of a conspiracy theory,” echoing the administration’s response to earlier stories on the subject. It’s hardly the first time the Biden administration has cried conspiracy. The White House often waves away inconvenient stories as misinformation, a move that bolsters social media platforms’ efforts to censor the stories.
The Biden campaign deployed this tactic to great effect in 2020 when it worked with social media companies to bury the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Twitter barred users from sharing the story, while other media outlets dutifully refused to report on the allegations until after the election
The Biden campaign deployed this tactic to great effect in 2020 when it worked with social media companies to bury the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Twitter barred users from sharing the story, while other media outlets dutifully refused to report on the allegations until after the election.
Even as the Biden administration seems poised to scrap a planned “Disinformation Governance Board,” Democrats show no signs of changing their approach on the issue. The Democratic National Committee has called for the government to build a more robust partnership with tech companies to police what can be said on social media. Leading Democrats, including former president Barack Obama, have called for similar controls.