As much as I enjoyed watching Hassan dismantle Taibbi, I wish he talked more about the lies of omission by Taibbi, not just the sloppy mistakes. Sloppy mistakes can be dismissed as honest mistakes. But the lies of omission cannot.
In the very first Twitter files, which was about the decision making process that made Twitter "censor" the N…
As much as I enjoyed watching Hassan dismantle Taibbi, I wish he talked more about the lies of omission by Taibbi, not just the sloppy mistakes. Sloppy mistakes can be dismissed as honest mistakes. But the lies of omission cannot.
In the very first Twitter files, which was about the decision making process that made Twitter "censor" the NY Post article about Hunter Biden laptop, there was not a single mention of certain important contextual facts in which that decision was made. No mention of the fact that the source of the story was Giuliani, who had torched his credibility, not just by lying for Trump, but by explicitly partnering with (recently indicted, btw) Russian agent Andriy Derkach in order to find dirt on Hunter Biden. In this context, the decision looks much more reasonable, but this context was entirely omitted. It's almost as if Matt was acting as a hired hack with a narrative to push, and not a journalist.
It’s a start to showing people how much these propagandists who are working for Musk twist truth and how destructive their lies are to the democratic institutions. Remember, Elon Musk is a toxic narcissist who happens to be wealthy and who doesn’t give a rat’s ass what happens to the rest of us.
That’s because Musk has every intent of rocketing off into his own personal biosphere not on planet Earth. He is someone who never read Harry Potter I guess, per Dumbledore’s wisdom “There are fates worse than death.”
On top of everything else, "censor" is what governments do, not what publishers do. The idea that not publishing something is censorship would never have crossed anyone's mind until the internet provided infinite space (and sense of entitlement!).
True, but Taibbi muddied the waters by claiming that government agencies were involved in telling Twitter what to to delete and who to suspend. If true, that would kind of cross into censorship territory. This article does a good job of dismantling that, although there were a few cases of government agencies flagging tweets that Twitter then removed
absolutely fair point, but as you realize, flagging a comment is not the same as suppressing it, but musk didn't pay taibbi to come to that conclusion.
As much as I enjoyed watching Hassan dismantle Taibbi, I wish he talked more about the lies of omission by Taibbi, not just the sloppy mistakes. Sloppy mistakes can be dismissed as honest mistakes. But the lies of omission cannot.
In the very first Twitter files, which was about the decision making process that made Twitter "censor" the NY Post article about Hunter Biden laptop, there was not a single mention of certain important contextual facts in which that decision was made. No mention of the fact that the source of the story was Giuliani, who had torched his credibility, not just by lying for Trump, but by explicitly partnering with (recently indicted, btw) Russian agent Andriy Derkach in order to find dirt on Hunter Biden. In this context, the decision looks much more reasonable, but this context was entirely omitted. It's almost as if Matt was acting as a hired hack with a narrative to push, and not a journalist.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/accused-russian-agent-andriy-derkach-called-rudy-giuliani-very-useful-report-says
Acting as if? Let's just assume that he is...and has a narrative...
It’s a start to showing people how much these propagandists who are working for Musk twist truth and how destructive their lies are to the democratic institutions. Remember, Elon Musk is a toxic narcissist who happens to be wealthy and who doesn’t give a rat’s ass what happens to the rest of us.
That’s because Musk has every intent of rocketing off into his own personal biosphere not on planet Earth. He is someone who never read Harry Potter I guess, per Dumbledore’s wisdom “There are fates worse than death.”
I heard that Venus is lovely this time of year. Godspeed, Mr Musk! 🚀
On top of everything else, "censor" is what governments do, not what publishers do. The idea that not publishing something is censorship would never have crossed anyone's mind until the internet provided infinite space (and sense of entitlement!).
True, but Taibbi muddied the waters by claiming that government agencies were involved in telling Twitter what to to delete and who to suspend. If true, that would kind of cross into censorship territory. This article does a good job of dismantling that, although there were a few cases of government agencies flagging tweets that Twitter then removed
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/07/mehdi-hasan-dismantles-the-entire-foundation-of-the-twitter-files-as-matt-taibbi-stumbles-to-defend-it/#comments
absolutely fair point, but as you realize, flagging a comment is not the same as suppressing it, but musk didn't pay taibbi to come to that conclusion.