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- The federal government wasted $267 million on misinformation grants under Biden, with much of it related to COVID.
- The report also finds that Trump vowed to ban the term "misinformation."
- The funds were meant to combat the spread of false information online.
- The grants were part of a larger effort to address the issue of misinformation in the country.
- The report highlights the ongoing challenges in combating misinformation at a federal level. Tone: Critical and informative.
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Feds Blew $267M Fighting Misinformation During The COVID-19 Pandemic Under Biden As Trump Vows To Ban Censorship Cartel
Universities, nonprofits and private companies raked in $126 million in 2021 alone, the taxpayer-transparency group OpenTheBooks revealed in an audit, to research so-called "misinformation," even as leading US public health officials were imposing mandates with no scientific basis.
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