24 Feb 2021
The House Communications and Technology subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday on “disinformation and extremism” in the media.
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media” starting at 12:30 P.M. Eastern.
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, noted in a memo to committee members Monday that while many have blamed social media platforms for spreading misinformation, “broadcast and cable outlets have played a role in the spread of disinformation.”
The witnesses for the hearing include:
Soledad O’Brien, anchor of Matter of Fact and CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions
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and sure to be very controversial.
Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) on Monday wrote letters to twelve of the largest cable, satellite and technology companies which, per a press release from the two of them, is “urging them to combat the spread of misinformation and requesting more information about their actions to address misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies spread through channels they host.”
The letters went out to the heads of AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Charter, Dish, Cox, Altice, Alphabet (Google), and Hulu.
The timing of the letter is timed ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee’s scheduled hearing on Wednesday, on the subject of “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media.” Eshoo and McNerney are both members of that committee.