UPDATE
Nina Jankowicz has resigned:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526953862271184897
ORIGINAL POST
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The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz is reporting that the DHS Disinformation Governance Board — aka Joe Biden’s The Ministry of Truth — has been “paused” and the board’s director, Nina Jankowicz, is “considering leaving”:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526933945949990912
According to Lorenz, it’s because of “coordinated right-wing attacks”:
The ‘pause’ of the newly-created Disinfo Governance Board comes as its head, Nina Jankowicz, has been the target of vicious, coordinated right-wing attacks, which govt officials have failed to effectively counter
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526934224447545344
It would be nice if she cited some evidence of the “coordinated” part, but nah:
https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1526938686759256064
The vast right-wing conspiracy is back, baby!
“Interviews w/ sources inside the DHS, on the Hill, along w/ disinfo experts, show how Jankowicz was set up to fail by an admin unsure of its messaging & unprepared to counteract the coordinated, far right online campaign against her.”
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526934305460563971
Of course, Lorenz’s framing of this is misinformation:
"Nina Jankowicz was the victim of coordinated online attacks…"
This is gaslighting and misinformation. The vast majority of "attacks' on Jankowicz were organic disgust over her absurd statements, own misinformation problems, and the laughable Harry Potter crap. https://t.co/eYS42FAjkm
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) May 18, 2022
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Apparently, it was. a “wild” week for the board and Jankowicz:
“The decision to “pause” the Disinfo Governance Board caps a wild back-and-forth week of decisions that changed during the course of reporting of this story.”
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526934397995257856
Lorenz is reporting that the board was shut down entirely on Monday and Jankowicz “drafted a resignation letter”:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526934745619132417
But the project is just on hold now. Or something:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526934901668270080
It still could be shut down entirely:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526935056060514304
According to Lorenz, “Jankowicz is currently evaluating her position within the department”:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526935127325962240
Or, and we’re just spitballing here, a group like this should be non-partisan to its core and her selection was wrong from the beginning?
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526935316434587648
LOL. Jankowicz wasn’t vetted at all and now she’s blaming our side for sharing her TikTok videos and such?
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526935845525020672
The “lies” about her work were links to her old tweets and videos, by the way:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526936119685746688
Oh, yes . . . “horrifying”:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526936403224821760
Editor’s note: This post has been updated
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