Twitter Files: Taibbi and Shellenberger Testify Before Congress

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The Facts

  • “Twitter Files” reporters Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified before the House as witnesses in a hearing for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government on Thursday.

  • Tensions were high as House Democrats grilled Taibbi and Shellenberger, referring to them as “so-called journalists” while demanding they reveal their sources at the hearing.


The Spin

Right narrative

Big Tech has been colluding with and operating as a de-facto branch of the federal government as it looks to squelch dissent, and Democrats are losing their minds. Woke, unhinged House Democrats tried to force Matt Taibbi to reveal his sources for the Twitter Files and resorted to pejorative attacks because they cannot stomach the truth being revealed.

Left narrative

The Twitter Files is an illegitimate right-wing "doxx and dump" orchestrated by Elon Musk, with Matt Taibbi doing the bidding of Twitter’s volatile CEO. Taibbi has taken a clear partisan stance, which violates The Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics, and he is clearly functioning as more of a reactionary right-wing operative than a journalist.


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