Counter Misinformation Team

The Counter Misinformation Team or Counter Mis-information Team, headed by Todd Leventhal, was part of the United States Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.[1] The team was tasked with responding to alleged misinformation and disinformation about the United States government. It was discontinued after the Bush administration ended.[2]

Todd Leventhal, Chief of the Misinformation Team, U.S. Department of State and Dante Chinni, Senior Associate, Project for Excellence in Journalism at Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing on "Accuracy in the Media: Misinformation, Mistakes, and Misleading in American and Other Media."

Creation

The team was originally formed to counter Soviet misinformation during the Cold war.[2]

Response to 9/11 conspiracy theories

In an attempt to debunk 9/11 conspiracy theories, the team released "The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories"[3] report on August 28, 2006.[4]

gollark: This is the "missing the point" bit and it is inevitable until I finish scrolling down.
gollark: It's silly to blame people for "not doing anything" to attempt to change things when they cannot, in fact, actually do much, and you're missing the point linking lists of revolutions and such (besides, how many actually went *well*?).
gollark: Of course!
gollark: This is inaccurate. "You" as an individual cannot do anything but have to coordinate, and this is aææðæßðæßðæðæðæß hard.
gollark: Doesn't it vary quite a lot?

References
  1. "Todd Leventhal". Archived from the original on 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  2. Aistrope, Tim (2016). "Social Media and counterterrorism strategy". Australian Journal of International Affairs. 70 (2): 121–138. doi:10.1080/10357718.2015.1113230.
  3. "The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories". Counter Misinformation Team. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28.
  4. "U.S. moves to debunk 'alternative theories' on September 11 attacks". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20.
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