On Wednesday, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace brought up the dangers of “echo chambers” and said that she would create a policy “that a Republican must assert the truth before they’re allowed to share any other views.”
Wallace also said that if the U.S. can protect itself from counterfeit currency, “we should be able to protect against fake news that we now know has the potential to kill people, as it did two weeks ago.”
Before becoming an MSNBC host, Wallace was White House Communications Director for President George W. Bush.
.@NicolleDWallace calls for the permanent expulsion and punishment for any and all forms of conservative media that run counter to her political views. She says Republicans should be BANNED from speaking unless they first speak "the truth."
So, what camp am I going to, Nicolle? pic.twitter.com/h0cpvxitKd
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 20, 2021
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MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace Wants To help Republicans Understand ‘Truth’
Wallace made these comments – comments that imply only Democrats and the left should be able to interpret and enforce “truth” – during an MSNBC interview with former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes.
Wallace asked Rhodes about “the extraordinary damage that this culture of disinformation and echo chambers that repeat the lies have done and how this new team is poised to take that on.”
Next, the MSNBC host accused GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of not doing enough to combat a “lie,” which she then suggested led to the violence at the Capitol two weeks ago.
And here's the transcript from this video pic.twitter.com/rN8TofSK3i
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 20, 2021
Wallace: ‘We Should Be Able To Protect Against Fake News’
Wallace continued, “It would be my policy that a Republican must assert the truth before they’re allowed to share any other views. And Lindsey Graham, I understand, appeared somewhere today and refused to really go far enough in beating down the lie.”
She then compared the existence of “fake news” to counterfeit money.
Wallace further stated, “If we can protect against counterfeit dollar bills, we should be able to protect against fake news that we now know has the potential to kill people, as it did two weeks ago.”
Journalist Glenn Greenwald Slams Wallace
Civil libertarian journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted in response, “I want to travel back to 2004 and tell liberals that in about 15 years, your favorite cable host will be Bush/Cheney’s Communications Director – Ms. WMD – and you’ll cheer as she says that no Republican should be allowed on media or social media if they spread ‘Fake News.”
I want to travel back to 2004 and tell liberals that in about 15 years, your favorite cable host will be Bush/Cheney’s Communications Director – Ms. WMD – and you’ll cheer as she says that no Republican should be allowed on media or social media if they spread “Fake News.” https://t.co/sgc3ObHny6
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 20, 2021
There Is Now A Concerted Effort To Control Speech
The old “liberal” notion of a pluralistic society in which the free exchange of ideas is its greatest currency is quickly becoming passe.
Not just on the left, but among the establishment, writ large.
Wallace worked for George W. Bush. Many of our readers remember how Democrats and the media treated Bush and his staffers.
Now, some of those staffers want to help that same media squelch speech they disagree with.
Expect it to get worse.