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Wenn es nicht so bitter wäre, dann könnte es beinahe schon wieder amüsant sein. Nun denn, um die Ausgewogenheit einzuhalten (Fox News hatte ich ja auch schon gelegentlich zitiert):

Musk-backed conspiracy theory made it into the new defense bill

A House Republican succeeded in adding an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that targets entities that combat the spread of misinformation.

With conspiratorial attacks on federal disinformation experts, independent researchers and media watchdogs, conservatives have been on a quest to quash efforts to help stop the spread of false and manipulative information online. And it seems Republicans have now succeeded in tying that crusade to the $886 billion defense bill that was just passed by Congress.

On Tuesday, Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., touted an amendment he succeeded in adding to the National Defense Authorization Act that appears to bar the Pentagon from using NewsGuard — an independent organization that rates news websites — or similar entities to help the military determine where to place recruitment ads. In a tweet, McCormick proclaimed he was preventing the federal government from “censoring speech they don’t like.” [...]

But Republicans — who often use misinformation to push their messaging to the public — seem to have an obvious and self-serving incentive in fighting efforts to suppress it. Elon Musk, in particular, has placed NewsGuard in his crosshairs while promoting conspiracy theories about its purported bias. [...]

As advertisers have fled the site formerly known as Twitter over bigoted and inflammatory content on the platform, Musk has angrily targeted those who track how these views spread. Now, the billionaire’s conspiratorial thinking is set to officially be reflected in the U.S. military’s policies. [...]

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidou...rcna129845

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