Joseph Backholm: The U.S. government’s ministry of truth wants to control you

“These are people who want to control you. They are going to use information to try to do that. They are going to try to use the authority of the official stamp of government to try to convince a number of people that: that is true because we say it's true; that it's false because we say it's false," said Joseph Backholm, senior fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at Family Research Council. "And the sad reality is — and what '1984' [George Orwell's dystopian novel that has a Ministry of Truth], a big lesson of that is — there are a lot of people who will agree with that.” 

Backholm spoke regarding the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of the Disinformation Governance Board.

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