WaPo writer accuses Trump of 'government censorship' after backing social media crackdown of 'misinformation'

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell took aim at President Trump's so-called "government censorship" after cheerleading tech giants to censor "misinformation" in 2021.

Rampell challenged the notion that Trump is a "champion of free speech" after he signed his "Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship" executive order, writing, "In reality, it was the start of an Orwellian effort to root out wrongthink from government ranks and the private sector." Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.

She cited the "blackout" of communication from government health agencies, pointing to the CDC halting its weekly morbidity and mortality data report "for the first time since 1952," which she said was supposed to have the latest on bird flu transmission.