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“#Disinformation hearing witness Soledad O’Brien falls for disinformation<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A journalist who has perpetuated multiple conspiracy theories on social media<\/a> will serve as one of House Democrats\u2019 witnesses at Wednesday\u2019s hearing on misinformation in the media.<\/p>\n

Soledad O\u2019Brien, a former CNN anchor turned media critic, will speak before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology<\/a> as part of the Congressional probe into the role misinformation in news<\/a> media played in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n

The hearing is being led in part by Reps.\u00a0Jerry McNerney\u00a0(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 \u201cdisseminating misinformation to millions\u201d of users from some networks.<\/p>\n

The channels in question included \u201cright-wing media outlets, like Newsmax, One America News Network (OANN), and Fox News,\u201d which they wrote \u201call aired misinformation about the November 2020 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter was slammed by free speech activists and media groups alike, as well as House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), the panel\u2019s top Republican.<\/p>\n

Media Institute President Richard Kaplar called the letter \u201can affront to the First Amendment,\u201d while the Federal Communications Commissions chief Brendan Carr slammed the effort as a \u201cchilling transgression\u201d of free speech.<\/p>\n

Scalise, meanwhile, argued on Twitter<\/a> that the effort was \u201cwhat you\u2019d see in the Soviet Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMedia disguised as journalism has been spreading lies for years, elevating liars, and using the ensuing slugfest to chase ratings, hits, subscript<\/a>ions and advertisers. Period,\u201d O\u2019Brien\u2019s testimony reads. <\/p>\n

The problem: it appears that she has, too.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien references the term \u201cTruth Decay\u201d in her opening remarks, defined as \u201cthe diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life,\u201d noting that the nation faces a crisis of a lack of information.<\/p>\n

The journalist is an avid social media user, where she has fallen victim herself to \u201cTruth Decay,\u201d tweeting in support of actor Jussie Smollett<\/a> and the belief that former President Trump had \u201ccolluded\u201d with Russians in the 2016 presidential election, even after it was disproven.<\/p>\n

\u201cRacially charged is not a thing. It\u2019s. Just. Racist,\u201d O\u2019Brien wrote in a 2019 tweet<\/a> referring to the Smollett incident.<\/p>\n

After former special counsel Robert Mueller found that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, O\u2019Brien declined to accept the findings of his report.<\/p>\n

In an April 2019 tweet, one month after Mueller\u2019s findings were made public, O\u2019Brien wrote on the social media platform, \u201cRussia, if you\u2019re listening, I hope you\u2019re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.\u201d<\/p>\n

She goes on to note that the quote she was referencing came from then-candidate Trump in July 2016.<\/p>\n

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Soledad O\u2019Brien posted to Twitter prepping before testimony. <\/figcaption>
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In an August 2019 tweet, O\u2019Brien retweeted a post by then Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hi.), who wrote, \u201cMueller reported Trump did not collude with Russia to influence our elections. Now we must put aside partisan interests, move forward, and work to unite our country to deal with the serious challenges we face.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGirl, this is a lie. And all the Republicans enthusiastically supporting your candidacy should be a clue to people watching,\u201d O\u2019Brien responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In January of that year, O\u2019Brien slammed the teens from Covington Catholic, who went viral after video of a student in confrontation with a Native American activist at the 2019 March for Life rally circulated online. <\/p>\n

The video that initially went viral was largely misleading, and did not show how the activist confronted the students. Multiple news outlets quickly and incorrectly claimed the boys were in the wrong.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien appeared to paint the students with the same brush, writing on Twitter<\/a> in January 2019, \u201cWhat morning show books the Covington teens (and their moms?). Do they ask for forgiveness or tearfully explain \u2018It\u2019s not what it looked like in the video\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien could not immediately be reached by The Post for comment.\n <\/p><\/div>\n