In an interview today with Mika Brzezinski, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield made clear that it was the intention of the Biden Administration to coerce Facebook and other social media platforms into stopping the spread of “misinformation” AKA news that the White House doesn’t like.
WH Comms Director Kate Bedingfield says social media companies “should be held accountable” for misinformation shared on their platforms.
She also notes: “There are conservative news outlets who are creating irresponsible content …” pic.twitter.com/J0XrNMTLwY
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The first half of the clip is your standard “we want to force social media to do what we want them to do.” The same things we heard when Russians supposedly “hacked” the election in 2016 by posting a few memes.
Bedingfield says these social media outlets “should be held accountable” for not doing enough to stop the spread of what they deem as misinformation, specifically in regards to Covid.
Bedingfield takes it a step further in this same clip. Pay attention to what she says specifically about conservative news outlets.
The other thing the president has pointed out… is it is also the responsibility of people creating the content. And, again, I would say there are conservative news outlets who are creating irresponsible content that’s sharing misinformation about the virus that’s getting shared on these platforms.
Bedingfield, with this creepy smile on her face, begins talking about going beyond holding Facebook accountable and talks about the responsibility that private conservative news organizations have. Implying that after the government co-opts Facebook they’re coming for conservative news next.