As you know, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Thursday on the weaponization of the federal government on Twitter. The witnesses were journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, although Democrat Rep. Stacey Plaskett made it clear the pair are “so-called journalists.”
Reporter @mtaibbi calls out Ranking Member Plaskett for referring to him as a “so-called journalist”:
“I’ve won the National Magazine Award, the I.F. Stone Award for Independent Journalism, and I’ve written 10 books, including four New York Times bestsellers.” pic.twitter.com/6LNOr9HmlP
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 9, 2023
Real journalist Aaron Rupar, who edits down video clips out of context and posts them on Twitter and calls it journalism, got a kick out of that.
Taibbi: "I'm not a so-called journalist." pic.twitter.com/FQHjNO5Zc7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 9, 2023
That caught the attention of fellow real journalist Keith Olbermann, who does a podcast from his basement or something.
I wish @mtaibbi told me that when he insisted he was a journalist and we put him on tv 🤦🏼♂️ https://t.co/9GkYawyTDL
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 9, 2023
Keith, talk about hackery and quoting out of context — I was responding to being labeled a “threat” and a “so-called journalist” by a politician. I’m also an actual reporter, not a shouter of other peoples’ copy at a teleprompter. https://t.co/BP0PA5Ygau
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) March 9, 2023
So, what do you do for a living?
— Denny Chad Halen (@DennyChadHalen) March 9, 2023
That it got under your skin enough to tweet about it makes me so happy! 😊 😃 😀
— AliceCaterpillar (@AliceCaterpill1) March 9, 2023
My god you’re awful.
— Florida Dad (@FloridadadD) March 9, 2023
That's "great" Keith…but Table 2 keeps complaining you never got them their butter.
— Usually Right (@normouspenis) March 9, 2023
Learn to code
— Μ Δ Ж (@MR_Max75) March 9, 2023
Whoever writes your copy, Keith, needs to be fired.
— The Curmudgeonly Opa ☦ (@CurmudgeonlyOpa) March 9, 2023
Sit down Keith, you shouldn't post about this, friend. Tweet better please.
— ElRealVatoLoco (@ElRealvatoloco) March 9, 2023
Building that Podcast up to dozen. Atta boy Obie.
— 🔥🔥pissed off patriot🇺🇸.👊💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@greg_pissed) March 9, 2023
@KeithOlbermann you said you were leaving @Twitter a long time ago. Keeping your word is integrity and integrity is important.
— Dragon Flask (@DragonFlask) March 9, 2023
Keith is nothing more than a political hack swearing fealty to his party members, country be damned.
Really is a tragic day in American history when you can’t stand by what @mtaibbi testified to today in front of congress.
— Story Horse! 🏴☠️ (@bostronix) March 9, 2023
Sometimes it’s a good idea to watch the videos you retweet. Hope this helps in the future!
— ClearMountainSkies (@clearskies125) March 9, 2023
Bro why are you clipping out all the parts where he provides context? Selective editing isn’t helping you.
— Max⚡️The Solar Guy 🛠 (@maxedoutsolar) March 9, 2023
It’s Rupar … enough said.
I'd really like to see you go toe to toe with Matt. What's that? Your calander is full? Yeah, right.
— What the Fin (@Roninssword) March 9, 2023
Someone seems to be jealous.
— Rebecca Owen (@89229ea55f6d4fc) March 9, 2023
— J (@TheJgriff73) March 9, 2023
Keith, at least Matt is “so-called”. You’re sitting at the rank of “wanna-be” hoping for a promotion to “pretend”
— el Sid (@RevSid) March 9, 2023
You are actual trash.
— Swearengen (@slak_00) March 9, 2023
Maybe Olbermann could invite a real journalist on his podcast to clear up the whole Twitter files mess.
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Update:
Aaron the Video-Poster – like so many liberals — cheered Qween Debbie Wasserman Schultz as she impugned Matt Taibbi's reporting and integrity because he supposedly benefited financially from his work.
Aaron ended the day by asking people to donate money to him for this "work": https://t.co/TILtO2LgKN
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 9, 2023
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Dem who referred to Matt Taibbi & Michael Shellenberger as ‘so-called journalists’ got called OUT https://t.co/1z88xhWlS5
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