White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared to have been caught off-guard by a reporter’s question about what the scope and role of the mission of Joe Biden’s new office of disinformation will be.
President Joe Biden’s White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said I don’t know much on the “disinformation governance board, used to combat views President Joe Biden doesn’t like, during the White House press briefing on Thursday.
Psaki said the White House supports these efforts to create the new department to combat disinformation on topics Biden and the Democrat party don’t agree with.
“And then on this new report that the Department of Homeland Security is setting up a Disinformation Governance Board to tackle misinformation ahead of the midterms: Secretary Mayorkas said that part of its intention was to tackle misinformation in Hispanic communities especially. Can you give us an idea of what this board is going to be doing, what their authority would look like?” a reporter asked Psaki.
“I really haven’t dug into this exactly. I mean, we, of course, support this effort, but let me see if I can get more specifics. We know that there has been a range of disinfo out there about a range of topics — I mean, including COVID, for example, and also elections and eligibility. But I will — I will check and see if there’s more specifics,” Psaki said.