New Jersey is now requiring all students in grades K-12 to be taught "media literacy" as a means of fighting so-called misinformation.

"Our democracy remains under sustained attack through the proliferation of disinformation that is eroding the role of truth in our political and civic discourse," Gov. Phil Murphy, D., said in a statement. "It is our responsibility to ensure our nation’s future leaders are equipped with the tools necessary to identify fact from fiction."

"K-12 media literacy education will empower future leaders to accurately assess information — essential in preserving our democracy in a time of disinformation," he added in a tweet.

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Murphy signed the bill after it passed on a bipartisan basis last month in the state legislature. The law is aimed at helping students better determine credible sources by learning the difference between news and opinion, as well as primary and secondary sources, and improving their research methods and literacy skills.

"School librarians and media specialists and teachers would be enlisted to help develop standards for information learning, including digital, visual, media, textual, and technological literacy. The law requires that public hearings be held on the standards before adoption by the state Board of Education," The Philadelphia Inquirer reported about the law.

The bill's defenders frame it as a means of combating the spread of falsehoods online on topics like the 2020 election and coronavirus pandemic, but some critics are uncomfortable with the idea of the government declaring what is and isn't absolute truth, as things once dismissed as crackpot theories like the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis have become more mainstream as time passed.

"Isn't that amazing? The government's now involved in what's misinformation and what isn't," Fox News contributor Joe Concha said Saturday on "Fox & Friends Weekend."

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A New Jersey parent himself, Concha assailed Murphy as a "master of disinformation and hypocrisy," pointing to his administration's stringent COVID-19 policies and accusations of hypocrisy when it came to masking.

"Disinformation" has become a ubiquitous term in modern political combat, with Democrats and liberal media members often baldly using the word to label certain opinions and viewpoints. 

Concha noted that he would have been accused of spreading disinformation at one point for saying that Hunter Biden's laptop was not a product of Russian intelligence, a talking point that was pushed heavily from liberal media outlets in the run-up to 2020.

"Who decides what's truth and what isn't? It certainly shouldn't be the teachers unions and the government… It's going to be weaponized," Concha said. "It's so subjective."

A federal Disinformation Governance Board under the Department of Homeland Security came under severe criticism last year and was hastily disbanded.

Green Bay Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas has put together a second straight solid season, but it was a strange play on Sunday night against the Detroit Lions that had people scratching their heads.

With 2 seconds left in the first half and the Packers leading 9-3, Lions kicker Michael Badgley lined up for a field goal that would cut the deficit. As both special teams lined up, Douglas walked down the line of scrimmage and touched the football.

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Douglas was flagged for unnecessary roughness on the play for slapping a Lions player, but it was the casual way that Douglas picked up the ball that drew the attention toward the defensive back.

Badgley hit the field goal and Detroit took a three-point lead into the half.

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Douglas finished the game with five tackles, two passes defended and a tackle for a loss. He will finish the season with 85 tackles, four interceptions, 15 passes defended and five tackles for a loss.

Green Bay had a 16-13 lead on an Aaron Rodgers 13-yard pass to Allen Lazard. Detroit would take the lead for good on a Jamaal Williams touchdown run from the goal line. It was his second touchdown of the night and helped him surpass Barry Sanders for most rushing touchdowns for a Lions running back in a single season.

Detroit’s win also knocked Green Bay out of playoff contention.