Letter to the Editor #2

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Dear Editor,

President Biden has created a censoring department called: “Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board”. DHS said the board will “protect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties” as part of its jurisdiction. The spread of disinformation can affect border security, Americans’ safety during disasters, and public trust in our democratic institutions,” the department claimed in a statement.

This board will be led by Nina Jankowicz – a disinformation expert who has been criticized for repeatedly casting doubt on The Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said she didn’t have details on the board’s role, or its executive director, during her first press briefing, but said President Biden supported the effort. “We know there has been a range of disinformation out there about a range of topics — I mean, including COVID, for example, and also elections and eligibility,”

In the history of our country, we saw the invention of the printing press replaced by radio; then television; then internet, and now we have social media sites dominated by progressive liberals’ progressive politics. No special government agency was needed until now. Their power over social trends and the news cannot be disputed. Now just as Twitter is being purchased by Elon Musk, who wants freedom of speech to combat progressive dominance, the government creates this monster to censor whatever they want.

Biden and his progressive cohorts could not let parity become even a possibility. In reality, this new Governance Board is nothing more than a government censor and it is a direct attack on freedom of speech. Not content with owning the major television news departments and social media platforms, censoring must become a government department in time for the midterm elections.

Noel Ison

Walterboro, SC