Reminder: ‘Misinformation’ is the word for facts the Biden administration dislikes

When the news media or Democrats call a statement “misinformation” or “disinformation,” it means they want to censor that statement. This is such an important idea to the modern Democrat and media establishment that the Biden administration even appointed a disinformation czar, and many news outlets hired “disinformation” reporters.

The big idea here is that misinformation and disinformation are not merely false claims but that they are knowingly false and harmful. The Biden administration believes that justifies it to lean on tech companies and news outlets to remove the information.

That already sounds a little at odds with the whole idea of free speech, but it gets worse.

What the Biden administration, Big Tech, and the media call “misinformation” and “disinformation” are often perfectly true, verifiable facts that the Biden administration finds politically inconvenient.

The latest example is from President Joe Biden’s old press secretary, Jen Psaki, who declared it “misinformation” that Biden checked his watch during a funeral for fallen soldiers.

In her book, Psaki writes that "the president looked at his watch only after the ceremony had ended. Moments later, he and the First Lady headed toward their car."

But the AP photographer snapped two of him looking at his watch 10 minutes apart, as fact checks noted at the time pic.twitter.com/OLNEn9YpqX
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) May 13, 2024