When Elon Musk bought Tw!tter for $44 billion in October, he promised to scrutinise the previous administration. Whether this was because he genuinely wanted to emancipate the company or because he was annoyed at being forced to pay the price he paid (after being sued), who knows but it provides for some interesting reading.
Musk enlisted the help of several journalists, including Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, Michael Shellenberger and Lee Fang. Apparently, his one request was that any information found must first be revealed on Tw!tter. On 2 December, the first installment of the Tw!tter files was released with the most recent, ninth part, published on Christmas Eve. So, what have we learnt so far? Benjamin Carlson provides a good summary:
You may agree with each decision. But there is no denying that halting information flow and free debate had real consequences.
One difference: his embrace of public polls to set policy.
This is how you get Billy Baldwin in the crosshairs. Once you silence a president, who has a right to speak? This is all massive stuff but nothing most of us didn't already know or suspect. And the Fauci files that Musk keeps saying he will release haven't been published yet. But the important question is, why have the Main Stream Media barely reported on it? If we had learnt that the secret services in another country had meddled with elections in their country, it would be everywhere. But happens in the West and nothing. I keep getting adverts from the BBC popping up telling me to trust them. So what have the BBC written about the Tw!tter files to earn my trust? It seems they have only written a brief article, two weeks ago, merely touching on the issues mentioned above. The article titled " Tw!tter Files spark debate about 'blacklisting'" says we are missing the context as to whether other accounts have faced similar treatment. Furthermore, they question whether the restricted accounts were in breach of rules for example spreading false claims about C0v!d. The BBC continues, "restricting accounts can be a useful tool if they are spreading harmful material." and "there have been various reports suggesting marginalised groups including trans and plus size people were more likely to have their accounts restricted." So, unfortunately, I can't trust you BBC, you haven't written one sentence on the implications such meddling could have had on the US elections. If there had been an equivalent Russian Tw!tter Files, you would have been on the case every single day. Marianna Spring, the BBC's infamous disinformation correspondent analyses the situation at the end of the article. Unsurprisingly, but predictably, her main point is that how you interpret the " Tw!tter Files" depends on how you think misinformation should be dealt with. She also says that those caught up in the revelations have received backlash online. Again, nothing about how the misinformation and censorship may have changed the outcome of the US election. But that's about it from the BBC. Next on to the Guardian. They have one article called "I read Elon Musk's ' Tw!tter Files' so you don't have to" which pretty much sums up their position. The article describes the censorship as "individual examples of rightwing users being on the end of light-touch moderation" and Jay Bhattacharya as a " C0v!d sceptic". And again, other than this, the Guardian haven't reported on the issue since. The more right wing leaning newspapers have a few more stories. The Times and Telegraph reported on how Tw!tter aided the Pentagon, how Donald Trump was banned and a Republican claim that the Biden family is the most corrupt in history. The Daily Mail is probably the only UK paper to have covered this story in detail. So why, after all of the revelations from the " Tw!tter Files" is much of the Main Stream Media so happy to ignore what had been going on? It's a rhetorical question. I know the answer and you know the answer but one which erodes any remaining trust we might have in MSM reporting. Most people, especially older people, trust the BBC, read the odd headline and watch the evening news. So, when the real scandals revealed in the " Tw!tter Files" are never reported on, the general population don't have a clue. Even with well-read people, I have tried to discuss the topic but they haven't even heard of the " Tw!tter Files", let alone what has been revealed. And this is before the Fauci files are released, if they ever are. But if they are, then don't for one second think that the general public will hear about them or change their position on anything to do with Covid. It just won't happen unfortunately. If the MSM do report on the Fauci files, it will be brief and they will conclude that lockdowns were necessary to prevent deaths and vaccines are a miracle from God. You're currently a free subscriber to The Naked Emperor's Newsletter. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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Monday, December 26, 2022
Tw!tter Files - The important question
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