Greg Price had a really good thread on James Baker, the deputy general counsel of Twitter who was sent packing by Elon Musk today for allegedly suppressing the release of information valuable to the public. The reason we didn’t get more Twitter files over the weekend is that Baker, a former FBI lawyer, was vetting them before passing them on.
Ben Collins is supposed to be NBC News’ anti-conspiracy theory guy or something, but damn, he is quick to rush in and make some really bold accusations without any proof. But he’s doing it to protect the Biden administration, which will look bad if more files are released.
Taibbi, and by extension Musk, is basically inciting harassment and potentially against another former Twitter employee now. An employee who was apparently only just fired.
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) December 6, 2022
Yeah, we’re not buying that potential violence excuse to suppress free speech again.
Elon's team is just creating new Main Characters for Fox News to accuse of treason by implying they did some sort of high crime but never actually saying what the crime is.
This is about creating pariahs to launch a mob against in order to, ironically, suppress their speech. https://t.co/OfcOUpvv7S
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 6, 2022
You'll remember this from Hillary's Emails, Podesta's Emails, Benghazi, Wikileaks:
It's the constant insinuation that "secret emails" MUST be nefarious because they're not public.
It allows right-wing influencers to project whatever they want into the Secret Email Mystery Box.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 6, 2022
Benghazi? Do you really want to go there? Because there were more dead bodies there than at the Capitol on January 6. And the Obama administration fabricated a story about a YouTube video to cover it up. But no, that’s just a joke to Collins.
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Previously, private citizens were collateral damage in these sorts of infowar campaigns.
But now private citizens appear to be the very target of them: random people inside a company they can blame for societal change they don't like, citing an email they think is too neolib.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 6, 2022
“Random people inside a company.” Like Baker, right? Just a random person.
What is Collins’ job, for real?
That sounds imaginary.
Firing people for not doing what they are told sounds real.
— Supernaut (@DeSupernaut) December 7, 2022
Very few facts have emerged surrounding Baker's firing, and NBC's anti-conspiracy theory guy is alleging… an unsubstantiated conspiracy to deceive the public. https://t.co/M4vYRZBneI
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) December 7, 2022
This is what MSNBC calls journalism. pic.twitter.com/6m5H1fQu2N
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) December 7, 2022
Just a random Twitter employee was fired. Nothing to see here. Move along.
— P226_Legion (@226Patriot) December 7, 2022
Won't someone please think of the FED Lawyer… https://t.co/0k9w1lbGsG
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 7, 2022
It’s like the potential abuse of state power against a president, and then against his re-election campaign, to suppress the First Amendment via proxy, at the behest of intelligence officials, is of zero concern. So much for defending democracy. It’s like we live in China already https://t.co/OiQHkkdChi
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) December 7, 2022
Man that ride made me dizzy, Dad! Can we ride again? Ok tomorrow I’ll come back.
— John Cornish (@MunderDifflin64) December 7, 2022
I’m not sorry this is happening to you Ben.
— Techneck (@Jake_1969_Smith) December 7, 2022
lol still crying about this 🤣
— BKactual (@BravoKiloActual) December 7, 2022
They're just revealing the truth, Ben, but I can see why you're panicking.
— Michael Keating (@mikeybikey321) December 7, 2022
Have some, bro. Breathe deep. pic.twitter.com/O0DahqdsFs
— Adam Klein (@stellamydog) December 7, 2022
I’m confused, are you their union rep and not a journalist?
— Reagan rolled over (@ldsgolfer13) December 7, 2022
Prove it or else stop maligning @elonmusk
— AmericanGirl99 🐶 (@NoneOfY29794282) December 7, 2022
He said what the "crime" was, Ben.
He said "unconvincing"Musk indicated Jim Baker was not being forthright.
Do you get away with lying without consequence?
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) December 7, 2022
Save some objectivity for the rest of us, stud.
— 100 Proof 🥃 (@ChampionCapua) December 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/hrJonGant/status/1600283184611983360
Senior reporter sure speculates and editorializes a lot. Almost like he has an agenda.
— CheerfulMisanthrope (@CookoutKing) December 7, 2022
It's ironic and humorous that you begin your list with Hillary's emails. Hell, she even lied about it in Congressional testimony.
— Preston Montfort (@PrestonMontfort) December 7, 2022
How does he keep his job at NBC News? For real … is this journalism? He’s worried that Baker’s speech is going to be suppressed by a mob? We don’t understand this take. The guy wasn’t doing his job and got fired. Maybe do some real reporting and ask Musk about it?
This is the God’s honest truth … @elonmusk is trying to simply give us free speech – and the U.S. government and the U.S. media are doing everything in their power to stop him.
When will people wake TF up?
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 7, 2022
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Elon Musk fires lawyer over suspicions that he was suppressing information from The Twitter Files https://t.co/R3KbcUyJdL
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 6, 2022
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