🚨 New docs obtained by PPT show the Biden administration wanted to expand its “misinformation” suppression campaign far beyond COVID. Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s office pushed to target all “health and medical misinformation” and wanted to “more broadly … get[] at the issue of how social media impacts people.” If asked whether censorship of Big Tech was cancel culture, his prepared answer was, “No, it’s the opposite actually,” even claiming it would ensure people had “more access” to information. A memo to Murthy’s “Misinformation Tiger Team” proposed a “maximum pressure” campaign against technology companies, while acknowledging the effort could “politicize[] [the] office by further engaging in social media/censorship war.” They also took a victory lap over Twitter’s suspension of a member of Congress. Other documents reveal talking points the Surgeon General was given to address questions about vaccines and the spread of COVID: - Guidance for “tough Q&A” listed “Talking about vaccine safety concerns” and “Providing minute details on the specifics of the FDA approval process” as topics to avoid. - The memo said to lecture Americans who had not received the shot, “If you are unvaccinated, you present a problem to yourself, family, and those with whom you work,” and also assert that “vaccine requirements will stop the spread of variants.” - States were told to “get out of the way” if they wouldn’t require masking in schools and parents were instructed to “have your kids wear masks.” Meanwhile, an internal email acknowledged that team members had been “unilaterally focused on misinformation” for two to four weeks and needed to “walk and chew gum” to “drive some additional priorities,” suggesting concern that other responsibilities were being sidelined. The reasons for the massive decline of public trust in health officials are reflected in these documents.