Documents Reveal Biden-Era Push to Crush COVID ‘Misinformation’
- April 1, 2026
Paul Bond, Newsmax
As the highly contagious and aggressive COVID-19 Delta variant surged in 2021 and Americans grew weary of inconsistent public-health edicts, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy prepared for a round of media appearances with the overriding mission to crush “misinformation.”
According to documents reviewed exclusively by Newsmax, the Biden administration coordinated speeches, media appearances, and messaging to push a one-sided COVID narrative that often contradicted underlying scientific research.
The documents reveal a broader campaign that enlisted journalists, tech platforms, and even emotional appeals tied to family tragedy to enforce compliance.
The trove of papers spans 413 pages, covering July 2021, and obtained over two years through Freedom of Information Act requests by the watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT), lay bare Murthy’s talking points and COVID-19 communications strategy.
This is not the first time FOIA documents have shown Murthy and the Biden administration bending the facts to fit a COVID-19 narrative, as PPT has documented this pattern over the past five years.