How do we know the ‘journalist’ crowd thinks Elon Musk’s dump of the ‘Twitter Files’ is damaging to President Biden? Because they’re attacking Matt Taibbi for reporting what is undeniably a newsworthy event, instead of discussing the content of his reporting.
Newsflash: This isn’t just damaging for the former Biden campaign and Twitter 1.0. It’s also bad for journo clowns who refused to report on the legitimate Hunter Biden laptop story at the time. Most even went so far as to prop up the ‘Russian disinformation’ claim to spike the story, in support of their Democrat overlords.
The latest news revealed that Democrats enjoyed special access to Twitter staff to ask that individual tweets be deep-sixed. Further, the unofficial Twitter PAC canned the Hunter Biden laptop story and then went in search of a policy excuse to back up their action.
If you have a boring script, you gotta hire an experienced voice actor to add the desired intonations and emphases in order to convey the intended emotion.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 3, 2022
They’ve learned nothing.
Journo clown world is going to louse up the Hunter Biden laptop story AGAIN.
The story isn't why Taibbi was the one who reported on this. The story is why you guys refused to. https://t.co/7gWGh2naO3
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 3, 2022
It’s not like these folks couldn’t have figured out what was going on within Twitter when the New York Post’s story first dropped. They chose not to.
To do otherwise would have required actual journalism, and it would have caused potential damage to the campaign of their favorite grandpa.
I'm a little confused. Did Taibbi write a boring thread that revealed noting or is he a hired irrational propagandists trying to deceive his audience for money?
You managed to imply both in the span of 4-tweet thread. https://t.co/KvSunNxsUn
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 3, 2022
They’re nothing if not inconsistent.
Elon Musk paid $44 billion to discover what we already knew: content moderation is messy and involves whole teams of people with a range of viewpoints trying to appease different political factions.
He then gave “leaks” to a Substack Man to present it as a blockbuster. https://t.co/BCqTHaiaWP
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 3, 2022
Let’s break this down. The richest man in the world, who is in the news every day, including stories by these bozos, announces that he’s going to shed light on what happened within Twitter that caused the Hunter Biden laptop story, a White House press secretary, and an American newspaper to be censored.
That’s it. We don’t need to say anything more. That alone is a newsworthy event, and any honest journalist should recognize it.
These aren’t journalists. They’re partisan hacks.
Ben Collins lecturing Matt Taibbi is the best unintentional comedy on here tonight. https://t.co/4xuWK8Enjf
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 3, 2022
‘Clown’ really is the best description. They’re a humorous distraction from the main event, and they happily volunteer to fill the role.
Revealing. We are getting internal documents regarding a meaningful event. Good journalists should want that info & view it as a potential story. Those upset are indicating they prefer pre-set narratives and want less information exposed that might upset those narratives. pic.twitter.com/qR2aIDsYa1
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 3, 2022
It is humiliating … for people like Collins who claim to be journalists.
Online media bros are big mad at Taibbi but seem to just be calling him names rather than responding to anything he reported. Kinda telling don’t ya think? https://t.co/NykMdq7aab
— Jon 🔬 (@JonnyMicro) December 3, 2022
Exactly.
Matt Taibbi…what sad, disgraceful downfall. I swear, kids, he did good work back in the day. Should be a cautionary tale for everyone. Selling your soul for the richest white nationalist on Earth. Well, he'll eat well for the rest of his life I guess. But is it worth it?
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) December 2, 2022
If there’s any soul-selling going on here, it’s from the people who refuse to report news that might hurt their Democrat masters.
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1598835975928434688?s=20&t=t1vc6De7vvyPlshQudpxYA
Take a minute to drink that one in. Seth Abramson, the man who once assaulted Twitter with a 451-tweet thread, is ripping a journalist for a ‘vacuous’ thread which actually contained newsworthy content.
Author, lawyer, journalist, PhD, political historian here doesn't understand that Taibbi's thread wasn't about Hunter Biden.
But that's the only spin he could come up with. https://t.co/XuYqiSJ9SH— Sean The Producer (@SeanTheProducr) December 3, 2022
Taibbi’s thread isn’t about Hunter Biden. The Hunter Biden laptop story isn’t really about Hunter Biden. We knew Hunter Biden was a screw-up long before he misplaced his laptop.
The Hunter Biden laptop story is about Joe Biden.
That’s why they circle the wagons every time this comes up.
The pure unadulterated jealousy is palpable.
“How DARE Elon give this story to some rando and not to us. WE decide the facts!”
Can’t stop laughing. https://t.co/bsBlzi4wW0
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) December 3, 2022
The only thing worse than their hypocrisy would be not having them around to laugh at. LOL.
Imagine volunteering to do online PR work for the world's richest man on a Friday night, in service of nakedly and cynically right-wing narratives, and then pretending you're speaking truth to power.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 3, 2022
Imagine volunteering to do online PR work for the world’s oldest president on a Friday night.
Notice the ‘PR for the world’s richest man’ line. The parrots have learned a new phrase.
MSNBC: ‘BRAAAKKK!’
From calling Goldman Sachs a “vampire squid” to giving free PR to the world’s richest billionaire. Man, what a career journey
— Simon Owens (@simonowens) December 3, 2022
Tech and media journalist: ‘PR. Richest billionaire. BRAAAAKKK!’
The Taibbi thread is a great example of overwriting when you don’t have the goods but you don’t want to admit you’re just doing pr for the world’s richest person
— johnknefel (@johnknefel) December 3, 2022
Media Matters: ‘BRAAAKKK! PR! Richest person! BRAAAKKK!’
Matt Taibbi went from a fierce and intrepid journalist taking aim at the wealthy and powerful to doing mundane PR for the world’s richest huckster.
Embarrassing. https://t.co/3NGg4W4n4M
— Michael Luciano (@michaelsluciano) December 3, 2022
Mediaite: ‘Taibbi! PR! Richest huckster! BRAAAKKK! Embarrassing! BRAAAAK!’
Editors are great not just because they make your work sharper, but because you can ask them things like "Hey should I be doing PR work for the richest man on the planet" and they'll say "Nah"
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) December 3, 2022
Bloomberg: ‘BRAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKK! PR! Richest man!’
One minute you're scourging Goldman Sachs, the next you're doing PR for the richest man in the world, funny old life
— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) December 3, 2022
Popula.com (we don’t know either): ‘BRAAAAKKKKKK! BRAAAAAAAKKKKKK! PR! BRAAAAAAAAAAAKKKK! Richest man!’
Matt Taibbi always was, and still remains, a fraud. Doing PR for the richest person in the world should come as no surprise.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) December 3, 2022
This is a ‘Democratic Pollster & Strategist’. He’s not a parrot. He’s the trainer.
It’s not just the corruption, it’s also the cringey groupthink. pic.twitter.com/DxXtEzroW3
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) December 3, 2022
Thanks to Mark Hemingway for the above list of journo parrots.
All the journos who lined up two years ago to tell you Hunter Biden's laptop was fake are now lining up to tell you it was okay to censor the story because of the dick pics. Exact same hacks.
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) December 3, 2022
It’s what they do.
NBC News disinformation reporters are palpably enraged at the Taibbi thread
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) December 3, 2022
Maybe we’ve all misunderstood what they mean by ‘disinformation reporter’?
The "disinformation reporters" are fuming about the release of Twitter's disinformation documents because they're not really "disinformation reporters" at all.
They're left-wing, pro-censorship activists who want to control the narrative—and this is bad news for them.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) December 3, 2022
Oh, they are disinformation reporters, just not in the way they mean. And, yes, this is bad news for them. They refused to do their jobs when the story surfaced. They’re refusing to do it now. They were complicit.
Also, take a look at the people responding to this story by personally attacking Matt Taibbi. I hold no brief for Taibbi, but he's not the story. They're just mad that he noticed.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 3, 2022
Also, jealous.
https://twitter.com/Shem_Infinite/status/1598827135447097344?s=20&t=t1vc6De7vvyPlshQudpxYA
It’s an important point. Elon Musk didn’t exactly hand this off to Charlie Kirk.
And of course, Lefty Twitter is already trying to tear Matt Taibbi down … so damn predictable.
Can you imagine the fit they’d throw if the Trump admin was contacting Twitter directly to remove their tweets? Lock or suspend their pundits?
They just don’t get it.
— 🐥The🐰FOO🌸 (@PolitiBunny) December 3, 2022
Imagine if it was Don Jr.’s laptop. It would have been ‘bigger than Watergate’ with these folks.
The people dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop as “nudes” know what they are doing. They know the real story was the emails proving influence peddling to the tune of millions and possible involvement by Joe Biden.
They are lying by omission b/c they can’t actually defend it.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) December 3, 2022
The New York Post story did not include nude photos of Hunter Biden. That had nothing to do with the decision to spike the story, and was not included as a reason in the Taibbi thread.
This is just the latest excuse from journalists wanting to avoid the story.
These guys are furious at Taibbi, but none of them can actually point to anything he is doing wrong. He is revealing details about an important event using primary sources. There is no evidence he is distorting anything. He's doing journalism and they are mad about it.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 3, 2022
‘He’s doing journalism and they are mad about it.’
Pretty much sums it up.
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