H. Biden revelations in Twitter Files prompts media reckoning for insiders, critics: 'Sorry episode'

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  1. Oldyoungin

    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    Media watchdogs don’t think liberal journalists have learned their lesson about the episode, though.

    Musk outsourced his findings about what led the tech giant to suppress the Hunter Biden story in the final weeks of the 2020 presidential election to journalist Matt Taibbi, who published a lengthy thread about what had transpired behind the scenes at Twitter. Taibbi put a spotlight on the behind-the-scenes events that resulted in Twitter kiboshing the New York Post story that first revealed scandalous contents of Hunter Biden's laptop. The "Twitter Files," revealed that then-candidate Joe Biden’s team allegedly asked Twitter to remove unflattering links about his son, which here promptly "handled" by the social media platform.

    Some mainstream journalists have continued to defend the initial handling of the story in 2020.

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    I think the one positive we can take away from the midterms is at least the control of the house is changing hands. I'm really interested to see what further prodding will turn up. The ironic portion for me is the actual collusion that took place, while certain democrats screamed "RUSSIAN INTERFERNECE" was from some members of the democratic party it's self and them controlling the information feed on social media. How? By collaborating with people in power at said social media locations. As I've said before, often the ones who scream "fascist" are the actual ones behaving in a fascist way.

    This should be an entertaining next two years. I think this graphic presented by FOX is really telling:

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    No one is surprised by anything released on this issue.

    No one.

    To think this is somehow going to change anyone's mind about anything is foolish.
     
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    What's more illuminating than the corruption of facts is the folks that accept it :)
     
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    Twitter was just enforcing their TOS. They would delete nude photos of you if you asked.

    We all knew about the Hunter Biden laptop story before the election. This is not something any of us are shocked by at this point, we've known it for years.
     
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    Apparently you would be in a small percentage of those that would have still voted for Biden if the story was not censored.

    https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/2020-...iffer-with-hunter-biden-laptop-coverage-poll/
    Let that last number sink in.
     
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    Oh, you haven't heard, at the request of the FBI. Now that thar is some heavy-duty TOS :)
     
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    So you're ok with officials from the government pressuring Twitter to censor stories that don't favor them?
     
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    Of course! The post says volumes! As long as orange man bad tweets are left unmolested then its all good ;)
     
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    Those who get their news from leftist late night comedy and social media are the ones who need to be shocked, but they don't care.
     
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    Sounds a lil ominous and threatening to me :shock:
    Release of Twitter files on how Hunter Biden story was censored ‘not healthy’: White House (msn.com)
    No wonder Musk is upping security, the DNC clearly is not happy with his candor about the DNC and their attack on free speech..
    Twitter told to squelch Hunter posts - Search (bing.com)
     
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    I have a feeling we will see more regulations coming forward over the next decade regarding communication and social media.
     
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    What part should they be shocked by?
     
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    I haven't seen any pressure from government officials.

    Which government officials were applying pressure, and what is an example of the pressure?

    "Biden's team" were not part of the government during the time this was going on.

    All i saw was people reporting things that violated twitters TOS.
     
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    So Trump's FBI was pressuring twitter?
     
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    If you haven't watched the series Atlas Shrugged, DO SO! The four parts
    It fits what's happening to the U.S. to a TEE! The latest DNC strong arming the railroad workers and union is matches the 1957 novel perfectly.. If you have Netflix, it may still be there to watch..

    Freaky ass stuff!!
     
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    There you go :) Nope...
     
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    So did what Reagan did to the air traffic controllers.
     
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    How are gas prices over in denial?
     
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    So did what Reagan did to the air traffic controllers.
     
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    Same thing, and I'm not saying that was right either, are you ;)
     
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    What did Reagan do to ATC?
     
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    360 and bout for the cheap stuff over 5 for diesel..
     
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    I'm not saying that either was right.

    Any Rand isn't some fortune teller though. I read her books in junior high, i thought they were great, then i grew up.
     
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    Govt? The trump admin was pressuring them?
     
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