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| Judge Dumps Suit by Former 'Disinformation Czar,' Says She Really Was a Government Censor |
| 2024-07-30 |
| [PJMedia] Nina Jankowicz, the one-time (and short-lived) head of the Department of Homeland Security's "Disinformation Governance Board," filed suit against Fox News last year alleging that the network "built a narrative calculated to lead consumers to believe that Jankowicz intended to censor Americans' speech" among other allegations. In a delicious and deserved irony, the judge summarily tossed the suit, writing that, in essence, Fox told the truth. "Fox contends, and I agree, that Jankowicz has not pleaded facts from which it could plausibly be inferred that the challenged statements regarding intended censorship by Jankowicz are not substantially true," U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly wrote in his July 22 order to dismiss. "On the contrary, as noted above, censorship is commonly understood to encompass efforts to scrutinize and examine speech in order to suppress certain communications. The Disinformation Governance Board was formed precisely to examine citizens' speech and, in coordination with the private sector, identify 'misinformation,' 'disinformation," and 'malinformation.'" Case dismissed. The Disinformation Board was tasked with searching far and wide across the internet to ferret out "misinformation (unintentional falsehoods), disinformation (deliberate falsehoods), and malinformation (inconveniently shared truths)," as J.D. Tuccille of Reason.com reports. The problems with this mandate are that 1) it's the government doing the policing, and 2) trying to decipher and separate truth from fiction, fact from fancy, and interpreting any speech based on subjective criteria is idiotic and unconstitutional. In addition to the allegation that Fox News spread information about Jankowicz's role with the Disinformation Board, she claimed the network also:
Tuccille notes that "Judge Connolly found that 36 of 37 specified criticisms were leveled at the board as a whole and not her. Further, many statements were expressions of opinion, which are not actionable under U.S. law." Even more embarrassing for Jankowicz, Judge Connolly found that most of the allegations were true. Related: Nina Jankowicz 05/16/2024 Commentary: DHS' Secrecy About ‘Disinformation' Regulation Docs Nina Jankowicz 05/12/2023 DHS Producing Videos Teaching Citizens How To Identify ‘Radicalized’ Conservatives Nina Jankowicz 02/01/2023 Hunter Biden Caught Acting as a Foreign Agent – Email Shows He Discussed Breaking FARA Laws Related: Disinformation Governance Board: 2024-05-16 Commentary: DHS' Secrecy About ‘Disinformation' Regulation Docs Disinformation Governance Board: 2023-12-07 Biden State Dept. blacklists conservative news outlets, lawsuit claims: 'Censorship regime' Disinformation Governance Board: 2023-07-13 GOP Bill Would Penalize States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote |
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