Commentary
In two speeches this month, former U.S. President Barack Obama claimed leadership of an all-hands-on-deck effort to fight “disinformation.” Or in layman’s terms, to censor political speech damaging to America’s ruling class.
Why are Obama and his retinue of political, corporate, and media elites so keen to shut down free speech? With President Joe Biden’s poll numbers cratering and midterm elections on the horizon, Democrats have no good news to tell voters, so they have to bury as much bad news as they can or else face a total rout come November.
And then there’s the long-term threat to the establishment’s control of the information ecosystem: One of their own jumped sides. With Elon Musk buying Twitter, the opposition is celebrating the arrival of a white-hat media oligarch who they hope will set them free by practicing what he preaches—free speech is essential to the health of a democracy.
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