Welcome back to Forgotten Fact Checks. This week, we look at California Governor Gavin Newsom’s history of spreading misinformation and cover more media misses.

Gavin Newsom: Expert on Misinformation 
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently launched his own Substack as a way to break through the “noise,” saying Democrats must “flood the zone and continue to cut through the right-wing disinformation machine.”

“There’s so much mis- and disinformation out there, there’s so much noise, I don’t need to tell you that,” Newsom said.

“The question is, how do we break through all of that noise and engage in real conversations? And that’s why I’m launching ...