Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith told readers 'of course' the Twitter revelations from Elon Musk 'is a story' as much of the legacy media continues to ignore the controversy.
Fox News’ Mike Emanuel and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley on the latest release of the 'Twitter Files,' media's failure to cover the discoveriesmedia columnist Ben Smith took a swipe at the lack of coverage Elon Musk's"Twitter Files" have been receiving from the legacy press.
"But most of all Musk is feeding an obsession on the right that reminds me of something else in 2016," Smith wrote."After Brexit and Trump, Democrats woke up convinced that Republicans had won through some technical trick. They told themselves a confusing story that had the Russians taking over Western elections through a company called Cambridge Analytica. Now, it’s Republicans who keep losing and can’t figure out why.
CNN and MSNBC, meanwhile, have put less emphasis on the revelations from the tech giant and kept their ire on its new owner, Elon Musk. It was later revealed that the first batch of"Twitter Files" were vetted without Musk's knowledge by Twitter deputy general counsel Jim Baker, who previously served as the FBI's general counsel and was involved in the Russia probe. That led to Baker's firing.
The second installment published by Bari Weiss revealed Twitter's"blacklisting" of prominent conservatives including Fox News host Dan Bongino, Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk as well as Stanford University's Dr.
The third, fourth and fifth installments of the"Twitter Files" focused on the permanent suspension of former President Trump in the days leading up to Jan. 6 and the aftermath of its actions.
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