Disinformation hearing witness Soledad O’Brien has history of falling for disinformation

nypost.com ^ | February 24, 2021 | Emily Jacobs

[lowbridge]

A journalist who has perpetuated multiple conspiracy theories on social media will serve as one of House Democrats’ witnesses at Wednesday’s hearing on misinformation in the media.

Soledad O’Brien, a former CNN anchor turned media critic, will speak before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology as part of the Congressional probe into the role misinformation in news media played in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The hearing is being led in part by Reps. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), who sent a letter on Monday to a dozen cable, satellite and streaming video companies pushing them to address their “disseminating misinformation to millions” of users from some networks.

The channels in question included “right-wing media outlets, like Newsmax, One America News Network (OANN), and Fox News,” which they wrote “all aired misinformation about the November 2020 elections.”

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“Media disguised as journalism has been spreading lies for years, elevating liars, and using the ensuing slugfest to chase ratings, hits, subscriptions and advertisers. Period,” O’Brien’s testimony reads.

The problem: it appears that she has, too.

O’Brien references the term “Truth Decay” in her opening remarks, defined as “the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life,” noting that the nation faces a crisis of a lack of information.

The journalist is an avid social media user, where she has fallen victim herself to “Truth Decay,” tweeting in support of actor Jussie Smollett and the belief that former President Trump had “colluded” with Russians in the 2016 presidential election, even after it was disproven.

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After former special counsel Robert Mueller found that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, O’Brien declined to accept the findings of his report.

[immadashell]

Blame Trump. Lying journalists? No problem.

[Signalman]

She’s an idiot. Who better to testify before Congress?

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_O‘Brien

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_O%27Brien

[ridesthemiles]

She is fairly easy on the eyes-—but she has the IQ of an ice cream cone.

[Seruzawa]

I hate it when liberals are not guilty.

[Steve_Seattle]

The Democrats are trying to create a civil war: they are attacking freedom of the press; they are attacking the 2nd Amendment; they are undermining election integrity; they are purging the military and National Guard of conservatives; they are imposing Critical Race Theory on the public schools and all of society; they are demonizing our history, institutions, and national heroes; they are shutting down entire industries; they are flooding the borders with illegal aliens; they are about to impose huge costs on homeowners and business owners in the name of fighting climate change; they are threatening religious liberty; they are threatening an endless extension of Covid-19 restrictions; and they are teaching young children to question their gender identity.

This is why they have militarized the capital. They reasonably expect that their extreme anti-American and anti-Christian agenda will provoke a backlash in the streets. That is why we are hearing all of this talk about "white supremacists," who will be blamed for that inevitable reaction.

[Zathras]

She started in the Bay Area as a low level reporter and a pretty dumb one at that.
Her primary goal was repeating DNC talking points and ridiculing the GOP.