Expert hired to run DHS' newly created disinformation board resigns

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Source: CNN

(CNN)The disinformation expert hired to run the Department of Homeland Security's newly created disinformation board has resigned after the department paused the board.

Nina Jankowicz, a disinformation expert with experience working on Ukraine and Russia issues, was tapped to helm the "Disinformation Governance Board" earlier this month. The interagency team was meant to coordinate department activities related to disinformation aimed at the US population and infrastructure.
But Jankowicz's appointment quickly drew condemnation from GOP lawmakers and right-wing media, who pointed to her past tweets and statements regarding Hunter Biden's laptop and Christopher Steele, the author of the so-called Steele Dossier. Jankowicz told CNN on Wednesday evening that she resigned because the board's future was uncertain.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/politics/dhs-disinformation-board-paused/index.html

[Socal31]

1. They folded like a cheap suit already.

Why couldn't the Disinformation board stand up to a RW dis-info campaign for more than a week?

[ananda]

4. I know. the mind boggles

not

[Evolve Dammit]

2. Can't have that, can we GOP??

[PoliticAverse]

3. Is this true or is this just disinformation? n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

5. I was never sure if the Board was going to stop it or spread it.

Not to mention it is a double edged sword if the Pig gets back in the WH and loads with his frothing at the mouth lackeys. Then it definitely will be just a tool for media control and fascist propaganda. The Pig would probably install Hannity on it.

[quakerboy]

7. To be fair

When the republicans gain control of any branch or section of government, it will become a double edged sword

[a kennedy]

6. She was on the Chris Hayes Show tonight.

[SunSeeker]

8. Sad. And infuriating that she was driven out by lying right wingers.

I guess the White House picks its battles, and this one was not worth fighting.

[Grokenstein]

9. Anyone even remember Dick and Rummy's Office of Strategic Influence?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Influence

Although the closure of the office was announced by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld soon after its existence became publicly known, later comments by Secretary Rumsfeld imply that the actual operations of the OSI have continued unabated. Some sources say OSI was authorized to use "military deception" against the public by "presenting false information, images, or statements", while other sources say "This type of action was not in OSI's charter, and [this] charge was never substantiated."

The OSI would have been a center for the creation of propaganda materials, but according to the leaked source, there were no plans to mislead enemy forces or foreign civilian populations. After information on the office spread through US and foreign media in mid February 2002, intense discussions on purpose and scope of the office were reported. Some argue that its secretive nature and stated purposes would make the existence of such an agency hard to determine. The office was closed by Rumsfeld because of the controversy. Some of its foreign responsibilities were moved to the Office of Information Activities.

[dlk]

10. DHS might consider renaming the project

Something to indicate enhanced communications might have a better chance of success. We’re in a sorry state when Americans feel entitled to issue death threats to those they don’t agree with, not unlike Islamic fatwas. I’m afraid unless something serious is done to address this problem, it will only continue to get worse.