Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for more “media literacy” in a recent video posted to social media — but when she elaborated on the topic, it sounded as though what she was really calling for was censorship.
The congresswoman said that she had been in conversation with other members about the steps they might need to take to “rein in” media in order to prevent them from spreading “disinformation and misinformation.”
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“You know, I do think that — several members of Congress in some of my discussions have brought up media literacy because that is a part of what happened here,” she said. “And we’re going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can’t just spew disinformation & misinformation.”
“It’s one thing to have differing opinions, but it’s another thing entirely to just say things that are false,” she added. “And so that’s something that we’re looking into.”