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STUDY: Cable News POUNCES on Suspensions, Yawned at Twitter Files

December 16th, 2022 1:30 PM

CNN and MSNBC are pouncing on Twitter’s suspension of several liberal journalists, but those same cable news giants had about 15 times less interest in evidence of the same platform’s suspensions, blacklists and shadow banning aimed at conservatives when the so-called Twitter Files were released two weeks ago.

ABC, NBC FREAK OUT Over Twitter Suspending Slew of Lefty Journalists

December 16th, 2022 10:03 AM

On Friday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today were in a state of anger, shock and sadness over a number of their fellow leftists propagandists being suspended from Twitter late Thursday over what new boss Elon Musk insisted was a violation of the company’s doxxing policies and sharing information about his movements.

Trump Shares Plans to Destroy ‘Censorship Cartel,’ Protect Free Speech

December 15th, 2022 5:47 PM

“The censorship cartel must be dismantled and destroyed and it must happen immediately,” former President Donald Trump said in a recent video announcing his policy stance on Big Tech’s approach to free speech.

Jack Dorsey: Twitter Did Censor, But No ‘Ill Intent’

December 15th, 2022 4:31 PM

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey released his opinion of the Twitter Files exposing his platform’s biased censorship, admitting his serious failures around free speech while still claiming a lack of “hidden agendas.”

NPR Smears Twitter Files as 'Ugly' Musk 'Stunt' That Spurred Threats

December 15th, 2022 4:13 PM

Taxpayer-subsidized NPR had been aggressively ignoring the "Twitter Files" revelations, but when they finally acknowledged them on Tuesday's Morning Edition, the new information was described as an "attention-grabbing stunt," "not a bombshell," and an "ugly" spectacle causing threats of violence to Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Twitter "trust and safety" czar Yoel Roth. 

Justifying the Suppression of Conservative Content

December 15th, 2022 1:28 PM

According to the avalanche of posts by reporters Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss, and writer Michael Shellenberger, to whom new Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk provided access to internal communications, Twitter massively “shadow-banned,” restricted and even flat-out blocked access to conservatives and conservative content. So, how does the anti-Donald Trump and the anti-conservative Left ignore…

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Gov. DeSantis Slams Big Tech’s COVID-19 Censorship

December 15th, 2022 12:53 PM

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed Big Tech’s censorship of COVID-19 content in a roundtable discussion announcing that he was calling for a “grand jury” to investigate “…

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MRC’s Houck Takes on Chinese-Owned TikTok as CNN Blames Concern on Fox

December 15th, 2022 11:14 AM

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck was back on the Fox News Channel late Wednesday/early Thursday as he joined host Trace Gallagher on Fox News @ Night to discuss the massive national security threat posed by Chinese-owned TikTok as well as how CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy made raising these concerns out to be an issue to please Fox viewers.

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CNN: Twitter Files Release Violates The Spirit Of Free Speech

December 15th, 2022 10:47 AM

Thursday’s CNN This Morning had a peculiar take on the Twitter Files and revelations into what went into the decision to block the New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Not only was it alleged that the Twitter Files actually made Twitter look good, but it was also claimed that it was Elon Musk that was violating the spirit of free speech.

Trump Attorney Says Maricopa Recorder Called on Fed Gov’t to Censor

December 14th, 2022 4:00 PM

Maricopa County, Arizona’s County Recorder Stephen Richer asked the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for help censoring alleged election “misinformation,” according to a tweet by 2024 Trump campaign attorney Christina Bobb. 

 

Pro-censorship ex-Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde also attended the meeting, endorsing government-…

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STUDY: Twitter Files Make Up Less Than 0.5% of Coverage on CNN, MSNBC

December 14th, 2022 11:02 AM

NewsBusters has found liberal cable news networks CNN and MSNBC have almost completely ignored the first five installments of the Twitter Files, which revealed Twitter employees engaged in rampant censorship of conservatives. Since the first set of documents were published on the evening of December 2, less half of one percent of the coverage on either network has even bothered to mention the…

WashPost: Musk ‘Worst Kind of Boss,’ ‘Grand Marshal’ of Bad Management

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December 13th, 2022 3:59 PM

Instead of reporting honestly on the newsworthy revelations of the Twitter Files, The Washington Post continues to take personal shots at the platform’s new CEO Elon Musk.

Musk Dissolves Pro-Censorship Twitter Trust and Safety Council

December 13th, 2022 1:56 PM

New Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reportedly dissolved Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council, as the Twitter Files uncover details of Twitter’s previous biased censorship.

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Nets Avoid Twitter Files Part Five in Favor of Lizzo, Royals, Sex Toys

December 13th, 2022 1:00 PM

Monday afternoon brought about the fifth dump of the Twitter Files and the second to focus on the social media site’s obsession with conjuring up a set of reasoning in early 2021 to ban then-President Trump. Journalist Bari Weiss showed how Twitter’s workforce was hellbent on silencing viewpoints contrary to their liberal politics while ignoring rampant hate and anti-Semitism from world…