Jim Jordan blamed for 'throttling' safeguards against misinformation before election

Jim Jordan blamed for 'throttling' safeguards against misinformation before election

Fingers are being pointed at House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) for squelching research to identify and clamp down on misinformation, the Washington Post is reporting.According to the report, researchers seeking to figure out ways to weed out misrepresentations and lies with another election looming are blaming Jordan and a handful of his GOP collegues for making their lives miserable.As the Post's Naomi Nix, Cat Zakrzewski and Jo…