Bill Maher issued a warning that the Biden administration’s Disinformation Governance Board could backfire on Democrats. The HBO host hammered home his point by highlighting a lie by former President Barack Obama as an example. Maher also took a shot at the incoming disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz.
In late April, the Department of Homeland Security created the Disinformation Governance Board. At the time of the launch, the DHS said the new department’s mission will be to “coordinate countering misinformation related to homeland security, focused specifically on irregular migration and Russia.”
However, a Homeland Security Department memo released earlier this month appears to expand the Disinformation Governance Board’s responsibilities and powers:
Disinformation, which is false information that is deliberately spread with the intent to deceive or mislead, can take many forms. When it comes to DHS’s work, the Department is focused on disinformation that threatens the security of the American people, including disinformation spread by foreign states such as Russia, China, and Iran, or other adversaries such as transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling organizations. Such malicious actors often spread disinformation to exploit vulnerable individuals and the American public, including during national emergencies.
On Friday night’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the liberal talk show host said he agreed with the newly-formed department’s role in combatting Russian disinformation since “they are our adversary and trying to hurt us.” However, Maher was deeply concerned with how the Disinformation Governance Board could be politically weaponized.
“Could be” !! ?? That is it’s primary purpose…