On 12/4/22 5:48 PM, ScottW wrote:
https://nypost.com/2022/12/03/journos-attack-reporter-matt-taibbi-for-exposing-musks-twitter-files/
Or, alternatively, you're completely full of it, everyone knows it and
the left is pointing and laughing.
Here are some examples of "freaking." I had to go back a ways because
the left commented days ago and moved on, unlike the right which will be revisiting the topic until the next shiny object appears.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/12/blockbuster-thread-reveals-that-twitter-had-content-moderation-policies-that-applied-to-trivial-pseudo-scandal
"BLOCKBUSTER THREAD REVEALS THAT TWITTER HAD CONTENT MODERATION POLICIES
THAT APPLIED TO TRIVIAL PSEUDO-SCANDAL"
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/an-epic-joke#more-1441058
"I was frankly shocked at how underwhelming it was."
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/1598844800106565632?s=20&t=pWjoGxUBwAqx23yKe-GE_A
"THE TWITTER FILES:
A half dozen screenshots of content moderation policy executives
earnestly debating content moderation policy"
https://www.thebulwark.com/no-you-do-not-have-a-constitutional-right-to-post-hunter-bidens-dick-pic-on-twitter/
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1598853030169890816
"So to summarize, lots of news orgs pass on fishy unconfirmed story.
Finally NYPost runs with it. It has all the hallmarks of the Russian/Assange/Wikileaks stunt of 2016. Twitter has a policy for
suppressing hacked material. It has all the hallmarks of a hack.
2/ The responsible executives at Twitter decide to invoke the policy,
say they have to remember the context of 2016, say they need to find out
more to know whether it was hacked material or not, etc. GOP lobbyists
writes in from DC saying Republicans are going to ...
3/ be super mad. It's worth remembering that it is actually highly
likely that the material was either hacked or stolen. But even if you
believe the story that Biden took his laptop in for repair, forgot about
it and left it with a guy who cracked it open and brought it to ...
3/ be super mad. It's worth remembering that it is actually highly
likely that the material was either hacked or stolen. But even if you
believe the story that Biden took his laptop in for repair, forgot about
it and left it with a guy who cracked it open and brought it to ...
4/ Rudy Giuliani, believing it was likely hacked or at least taking a
cautious approach based on that possibility was hardly a crazy idea or unreasonable or an unethical position. Indeed, the actual email traffic
Taibbi published shows the key people being thoughtful and ...
5/ cautious and generally taking their jobs seriously. It's entirely
reasonable to think based either on what they knew then or what we know
now that they should have made a different decision. (I actually think
it was the right decision.) But there's nothing scandalous ...
6/ or hypocritical or dishonest about the decision they made. This whole
stunt ("T H E T W I T T E R F I L E S" lol) was a total nothingburger."
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