For further context the phrase was largely leveraged to stop the spread of bad news on the war front. They were fairly confident that a German spy network didn’t exist within American society at the time of the campaign, but didn’t want negative press to circulate about the war effort.
Why would you need to defend yourself for ordering a pizza and being shocked by the high price? Sometimes I think I’ve gotten too old for the internet. People should be allowed to order a pizza every once in a while and not have to formulate a 5 point list of the reasons why it’s okay for them to order pizza.