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If there was any suspicion that the Twitter file gave Powers That Be nervousness and deep fear, Thursday’s dishonorable behavior by Democrats at a hearing featuring journalists Matt Taibi and Michael Schellenberger has watered it down.
Taibbi and Shellenberger, Del. Stacey Plaskett, DU.S., a ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee, Virgin Islands, called witnesses “so-called journalists” in their opening statements. The two glanced at each other, clearly surprised and confused by the completely unprovoked attack.
It only got worse from there. Texas Democrat Rep. Sylvia Garcia asked the two scribes if they were paying to testify. She went on to try to get Taibbi to reveal information about his source, the rubicon of journalism, which he duly rejected.
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Other Democrats accuse them of wearing tin-foil hats, blaming them for their money, not to discover the truth that the federal government is pressuring Twitter to censor American speech. I clearly disrespectfully implied that I was only attending for the sake of it. Public hearing.
Substack writer Matt Taibbi reported on the first article in the “Twitter File”. This article focuses on the tech giant’s decision to censor Hunter Biden’s laptop story. He testified at a congressional hearing on Twitter on Thursday. (NBCUniversal via Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photobank/Getty Images via Getty Images)
It truly was one of the most disrespectful, most unethical, and un-American exhibits you never hope to witness in the halls of Congress. , the pair’s cruel slander was unfounded and extremely cynical.
but why? All the Democrats on this committee have turned this two journalists, neither of whom are known to be particularly right-wing, to the alleged master of evil Twitter owner Elon her mask bid. Why did you treat me like a liar dog?
It is true that Musk gave the email files to Taibi and Shellenberger and a handful of other journalists. But after the Democrats failed to provide a single piece of evidence that these writers were being controlled or used by Musk, they sought to destroy their character and professional reputation.
A chilling message, and one aimed at all journalists, was very clear. If you report uncomfortable facts that Democrats don’t like, they will attack you and try to discredit you and your work.
The irony, of course, is that it was this kind of pressure from the federal government and censorship of the media that the commission was investigating at this hearing in the first place.
Just as the FBI and other federal agencies sought to shame and shut down the statements of journalists and scientists by instructing Twitter and others to classify reasonable dissent as disinformation, these Democrats Members were unable to have a genuine discussion and instead slandered the messengers.
This makes it clear that Democrats see censorship of journalism not only as a good thing, but as necessary to protect us all from foreign election interference, racism, or climate change denial. Free speech is thrown under the bus to “protect” us from these emergencies.
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Both Taibbi and Shellenberger described the blatant government overreach they found in the Twitter files as “chilling” and as important a story as the stories they’ve covered so far. There is no doubt that the Democrats’ shameful behavior on committee strengthens that claim.
Michael Schellenberger testified at a congressional hearing on Twitter on Thursday. He is a best-selling and award-winning author, journalist, and co-founder of his Public, a Substack publication. (Fox News)
Even if you are somehow overwhelmed by the vast revelations of Twitter files, there is no justification for the appalling treatment these journalists received. In a just world, instead of Democrats apologizing, Republican committee members apologized.
Americans deserve a fair, bipartisan investigation into how our intelligence agencies work with social media platforms to police our speech. But today I couldn’t do that. Instead, we have the Kangaroo Court, which the Democrats are pretty good at.
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At one point, a clearly angry Taibi looked Plaskett in the face and defiantly said, “I’m not what you call a journalist.” Because McCarthy’s hearing had nothing to do with this confusion.
he was speaking for all of us. Democrats can try to scare the news media into agreeing to an increasingly absurd worldview, as they do today, but they are not obligated to agree to it. We have to thank Taibi and Shellenberger for taking their insults, looking the Democrats in the eye, and telling us not to be threatened or knee-deep.
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