California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) launched a Substack website this week, highlighting his campaign against “disinformation.”
Newsom wrote that with support, Americans “can continue to cut through the right wing disinformation machine.”
“There’s so much mis- and disinformation out there,” Newsom said in a video. “There’s so much noise. I don’t need to tell you that. So the question is how do we break through all of that noise and engage in real conversations?”
“And that’s why I’m launching on Substack,” he continued. “I hope you’ll follow me so we can continue to engage in a two-way conversation at this critical moment in our history.”
The announcement comes just months after Newsom launched a podcast. In a promotional video for the podcast, called “This Is Gavin Newsom,” the governor said, “This is going to be anything but the ordinary ‘politician’ podcast. I’m going to be talking to people directly that I disagree with, as well as people I look up to. But more important than anything else, I’ll be talking directly with you, the listener.”
Newsome has also launched websites targeting “misinformation.”
The website, called California Facts, aims to “call out the misinformation machine that consistently spews lies about CA,” Newsom said in May. “We’re the 4th largest economy in the world. Our population continues to grow. And we’re done letting the trolls define the Golden State. We’re going on the offense and fighting back — with facts.”
The state also launched a similar website about “misinformation” surrounding California’s January fires.
