It’s ridiculous how the word “disinformation” has become common. For a while there, we had a Disinformation Governance Board chaired by the Mary Poppins of disinformation, Nina Jankowicz, who was such an expert that she called the Hunter Biden laptop story “a fairy tale about a laptop repair shop.” More than 50 former senior intelligence officials — including James Clapper, Leon Panetta, and John Brennan — signed a letter saying the laptop story popping up right before the election had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
And that’s just one story they got wrong.
Donald Trump has teased a big announcement on November 15, and Mediaite notes that George W. Bush and Barack Obama are holding conferences on November 16 and 17, respectively.
Bush and Obama To Hold Conferences on 'Disinformation' Threat Right After Trump's 'Big' Announcement https://t.co/0810d2N6NB
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 12, 2022
Sounds cool, hope they start with "Saddam has weapons of mass destruction," then segue to "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." pic.twitter.com/EjnEjsUxNW
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 12, 2022
How much disinformation did all of the presidents shovel ? Did we host events like that then? Why now? Is there something that they really don't want the American people to know?
— jerry basta (@skjerry05) November 12, 2022
Coming from these two is absolutely hilarious
— thinlizzy (@yeahidontcare68) November 12, 2022
I want to give these former POTUS the benefit of the doubt and assume their intention here is more than moral preening.
But they, —like ALL powerful people, have the identical proclivities to mislead, shade the truth and deceive, as those they intend to scold pic.twitter.com/V5wLud1dQB
— where there’s a WiLL There’s a WaVe (@WhereWave) November 12, 2022
Will “Weapons of Mass Destruction” come up?
— Gary Key (@GaryKeyHomes) November 12, 2022
Sometime before “POACA won’t add a dime to expenses, Russian collusion”, but will end with both claiming to have “scandal free administrations”
— ItsJustMe (@ItsJustMe44) November 12, 2022
Wow, they're worried
— Vicky damota🍊 🐎🐴🐶🐕🐑🐏 (@damota_vicky) November 13, 2022
Swamp creatures.
— Ultra MAGA ~M~ Trump 2024 🇺🇸 (@_EM_NC) November 12, 2022
The left wing extremists are the only people that will watch this. These two fogies are swamp personified.
— E Ross (@LizzyRoss911) November 12, 2022
Start with WMD and go to "I didn't know anything about Hillary's illegal email server" pic.twitter.com/PUH02lMv2e
— Doc7 (@kildea_m) November 12, 2022
That’s rich
— Rick Nickeson (@RickNickeson) November 12, 2022
We actually trusted George W. Bush while he was president — we were pretty naive. As someone said, he comes out now, when he could have been out on the campaign trail backing Republican candidates.
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Editor’s Note: Republican voters deserve answers and accountability for the failed red wave.
Related:
What? Mark Zuckerberg says the FBI warned Facebook of a dump of Russian disinformation (Hunter’s laptop) https://t.co/xIGx0bgl0r
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 26, 2022
