During a recent White House press briefing, Washington Post reporter Cleve Wootson raised concerns about misinformation on Twitter, particularly in light of Elon Musk’s upcoming interview with Donald Trump.
Wootson questioned the role of the White House and President in addressing the issue, emphasizing its significance beyond mere campaign concerns.
Wootson said, “Elon Musk is slated to interview Donald Trump tomorrow night on X. I don’t know if the President is going to feel free to say if he is or not, but I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign issue. It’s an America issue. What role does the White House or the President have in sort of stopping that, or stopping the spread of that, or sort of intervening in that? Some of that was about campaign misinformation, but you know, it’s a wider thing, right?”
🚨 Did this Washington Post “reporter” just ask @PressSec if the Biden regime could INTERVENE and stop Trump’s interview with @elonmusk on 𝕏?!
“I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign issue…it’s an America issue…What role does the White House or the… pic.twitter.com/60RA9CVuaf
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 12, 2024
Trump's Sovereign Wealth Fund: What Could It Mean For Your Money?
In response, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged the issue but did not offer specific details about the administration’s actions. She stated, “Yeah, no, I know you’ve heard us talk about this many times from here, about the responsibilities that social media platforms have when it comes to misinformation, disinformation. Don’t have anything to read out from here about specific ways that we’re working on it, but we believe that they have the responsibility. These are private companies, so we’re also mindful of that too. But look it is, I think it is incredibly important to call that out as you are you’re doing. I just don’t have any specifics on what we have been doing internally as it relates to the interviews, and not something that I’m tracking. And I’m sure the President’s not tracking it either.”
Celebrate Summer with this LIMITED EDITION Grizzly Trump Cooler! Exclusively on Mammoth Nation.
Join the Discussion
COMMENTS POLICY: We have no tolerance for messages of violence, racism, vulgarity, obscenity or other such discourteous behavior. Thank you for contributing to a respectful and useful online dialogue.
Concerning mis-disinformation, I believe that the democrat machine is the mother and father of that. The attempt to call other information by those names and act on that “reality” is most likely the real mis-disinformation. Not to say disinformation or misinformation doesn’t exist but their perception appears to be quite skewed.
As Rules for Radicals advises – accuse the other side of what you are doing.
“And I’m sure the President’s not tracking it either.”
Personally, I’m doubtful that “Lunchbucket Joe” the regular guy
from Scranton has been tracking anything for years now.
Don’t these liberals see that they call anything they don’t agree with mis-information? Hey liberals hear this. I don’t agree with your opinions, but you can believe what you want to believe. It’s not mis or dis information just plain bad and dangerous information.