You can’t make this up.
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg said that critics of his disinformation conference who, you know, accurately confronted panelists at the event about the disinformation they shared and promoted in the past, are the ones *really* spreading disinformation.
“I think one darkly humorous but inevitable measurement of our success is that our disinformation conference has been the subject of a disinformation campaign on social media already,” he said:
BREAKING: The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief calls the Chicago Thinker’s reporting a “disinformation” campaign pic.twitter.com/4hvaIByPCQ
— The Chicago Thinker (@ThinkerChicago) April 8, 2022
How the f*** is asking “about why [The Atlantic] printed disinformation about Hunter Biden” disinformation?
The editor of The Atlantic, speaking at a conference on disinformation, claims getting asked about why they printed disinformation about Hunter Biden, is itself disinformation.
If they refuse to be accountable, they deserve contempt. https://t.co/s0K66IYTuI
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 8, 2022
This is “performance art”:
Performance art. https://t.co/W0vWi6d8Wv
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 8, 2022
And here’s Mollie Hemingway pointing out that Goldberg’s disinformation problem goes way beyond Hunter Bien:
Reminder: This guy spread disinformation about WMD in the lead up to the Iraq War, perpetuated the republic-threatening Russia collusion hoax and personally authored the completely made-up “Aisne-Marne” disinformation operation to harm the 2020 election. https://t.co/87e6zN2VGM
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 8, 2022
This is their game as it’s designed to just shut down debate:
This is a good example of how the word "disinformation" can be abused to dismiss criticism and debate. https://t.co/nlkXKwgaBD
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 8, 2022
Mary Katharine Ham wants to know what she’s missing because this is the exact kind of behavior we should be encouraging from young people in college:
I’m earnestly asking if there’s something I’m missing, here. The questions I saw from young people to some VIP/powerful speakers were civil & smart. I welcome such questioning on campuses and when I get it, even pointed questions, I thank those who took time & gumption to ask. https://t.co/p5ofNjkpBx
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 8, 2022
100%!
This is what we want from young people! It is a far sight better than shouting down and more educational than walk-outs or back-turning.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 8, 2022
Daniel Schmidt, the Senior Editor of @ThinkerChicago and a freshman at the University of Chicago, said on Fox News that “These people come to these university events, expecting no resistance expecting students to just sort of worship them and ask easygoing questions, and when you even just tug at them a little bit, they clearly feel threatened”:
Schmidt: “These people come to these university events, expecting no resistance expecting students to just sort of worship them and ask easygoing questions, and when you even just tug at them a little bit, they clearly feel threatened.” pic.twitter.com/K1OfNUHmEI
— The Chicago Thinker (@ThinkerChicago) April 8, 2022
Taken down, by a freshman:
as best i can tell from this conference, the greatest threat to our Core Democracy™ is a lone student from the University of Chicago and his social media diet.
— Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) April 8, 2022
Thanks for proving their point, Jeffrey!
And just like that @JeffreyGoldberg proved our point! First rule in the corporate media's playbook: dismiss truthful reporting as "disinformation" to avoid accountability. A fitting end to the conference!
— The Chicago Thinker (@ThinkerChicago) April 8, 2022
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