As Twitchy reported Tuesday, there was a delay in getting out the next batch of Twitter files. The delay was traced to Twitter lawyer James Baker, who’d previously been with the FBI. Musk said there was reason to believe Baker was suppressing information that needed to go public about the internal discussions that went into censoring stories like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2022
So what was Baker doing to hold up the release of the Twitter files?
As Glenn Greenwald has so astutely noted, the liberal media is suddenly enamored of the security state and censorship. NBC News clown Ben Collins suggested that Musk was “creating a mob” to, ironically, suppress Baker’s speech. The whole thing was just another Benghazi — red meat for Fox News and the far-right.
The New York Post, which was locked out of its Twitter account for months for not deleting its tweet about the Hunter Biden story, put Baker on the cover of Wednesday’s edition, but Media Matters senior fellow Matthew Gertz wonders why any normal American would care.
Would a normal person seeing this on a newstand have any idea what on Earth this was about or why they should care? pic.twitter.com/SIQC9f77Ga
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 7, 2022
Maybe they’ll care once they read the story since no one else is carrying it. How much influence did “the Biden team” have with the censors at Twitter?
"Remember the FBI lawyer from the Russia hoax? Well, he later worked for Twitter where he was involved in the recent release of documents on the company's content moderation back in October 2020! But then Elon Musk fired him!"
"Sir, this is a Wendy's"https://t.co/hqqWEH1VH4
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 7, 2022
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Dumbest, least comprehensible to normies right-wing scandalmongering since "check out these misleading talking points the White House prepared for the national security adviser for her Sunday show appearances about BENGHAZI!"
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 7, 2022
That’s funny, Collins also mentioned Benghazi — the one where the Obama administration made up a story about a YouTube video to cover their tracks and sent out Susan Rice to all five broadcast networks to repeat it. Yeah, right-wing scandalmongering.
Calm down, Matt.
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) December 7, 2022
My team got caught so now corruption is no big deal. That's quite the "journalism" you got there.
— CronyCap Buzzkiller now on pivot watch. (@jdftgadsden) December 7, 2022
I think, yes. Lots of people, in fact. And I think you feel the same way or you wouldn't be trying to convince people otherwise. Also, I must admit that this tactic seem like possibly the weakest I've seen so far.
— shawn (@butcheringthot) December 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/colbyp212/status/1600545215852560404
If they dont care, they either dont get it, or are happy it happened.
— Floplag (@floplag) December 7, 2022
Lib journalists against news stories is my new favorite genre
— Jim Muessig (@JimMuessig) December 7, 2022
isn't the point of "news" to bring people's attention to things they don't know?
— Ian Miller (@ibmmiller) December 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/michaelwayneoo/status/1600550449202884608
What normal person cares about government corruption and 1st Amendment violation of individual's rights?
— 😉😘🎉 Just A (@TheycallmejustA) December 7, 2022
Again, suddenly liberals are in love with the government and the security state. “Remember the FBI lawyer from the Russia hoax?” Why yes, we do. And we’re sorry to hear that Benghazi is still a joke to Gertz and Collins. More people died in Benghazi than in the Capitol on January 6, but who cares about them or why they died? Fox News viewers, probably.
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NBC News’ Ben Collins says Elon Musk is ‘creating pariahs to launch a mob against’ https://t.co/Hdezg1gYrH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 7, 2022
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