Posted on 05/14/2011 10:44:33 AM PDT by NWFLConservative
If Bill Clinton had his way, there would be an Internet agency created by the U.S. government or United Nations to debunk malicious rumors that originate and spread online.
"I think it would be a legitimate thing to do," Clinton told CNBC in an interview that aired Friday. He was interviewed alongside Mati Kochavi, a cybersecurity entrepreneur.
But Clinton added that if such an agency were ever created, it would have to be "totally transparent" about where its funding came from and would have to be independent.
"Let's just say the U.S. did it. It would have to be an independent federal agency that no president could countermand or anything else because people wouldn't think you were just censoring the news and giving a different falsehood out," he said.
"That is, it would be like, I don't know, National Public Radio or BBC or something like that, except it would have to be really independent and they would not express opinions, and their mandate would be narrowly confined to identifying relevant factual errors," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
When he refers to "falsehoods" was this what he was referring to, that worthless, lying POS?
FUBC!!
Needs to be objective like NPR!!!
You could call it the Ministry of Truth!
The irony of this is killing me.......
We already have that. It’s called the uncensored blogosphere.
Like FactCheck or FightTheSmears?
I never thought we’d ever see anyone who lied more often than ClintBilly, but Hussein has him beat by a country mile.
Considering the source it would be more like fighting the truth with falsehoods.
Excellent idea, Bill. Let's start with Global Warming... oh wait, the UN data was already faked.
Don’t forget Snopes or UrbanLegends.
Reading just the excerpt as it is BC, and I don’t want to waste my time it seems he knows very well where all the falsehoods would originate. Otherwise he wouldn’t have been in depth of description of thought as he was.
Gotta hand it to him for being somewhat cunning.
ROFLOL!!!
Bubba can't be serious...........
This man just does not know how to quietly assimilate into the background does he? He has no grace nor dignity (and we won’t even go into his lack of character) and he seems to have such a problem allowing the current Presidents to do their jobs as they see fit (even though obama is destroying this country.)
clintin has a real insecurity problem. Always has to be front and center, under the spotlight rejoicing in people who clap and cheer for him. Speaks volumes about who he really is. Pity one can’t give up after their 15 minutes of fame.
Well, Slick was a big friend of China as are Mao admiring O staffers. Mao knew how to “correctly” control communications. China as role model??
A new committee on public information?
Maybe some 4 minute men and staged “spontaneous” protests?
And of course make it illegal to browse without an ID, illegal to use any anonymous vps like Tor, I2P, Freenet, or any system where they cant SEE and TAX you!
It’s called Snopes and it doesn’t need any government.
It just depends on what the meaning of “truth” is.
“Falsehoods” spread by his pals on the net during his impeachment saved his @$$ and his presidency. Slick don’t have a lot of credibility here.
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