The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstat

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The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstated.

I have never been swayed by the "Twitter is a private company" argument. And I'm left wondering, as I wrote yesterday @TheFP, whether any unelected individual or clique should have this kind of power over the public conversation. You can read it here: www.thefp.com/p/why-we-went-to-twitter

I don't need to dwell on how mesmerizing it is to watch those journalists who defended—even celebrated!—Twitter's bans under the old regime under the guise of "safety" now call it censorship, and say it infringes on freedom of expression. It did then as it does now.

For a deeper conversation about this important issue, listen to today's episode of @thehonestlypod with @RoKhanna:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Kpc4m0GOduvtRKIXE4ZOh?si=Ul6Y7wBcRWWhD15b2j7xvw

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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya · Dec 27, 2022

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Out of the journalists who have been sharing the Twitter files, only Barri Weiss is been one who has called out or pushed back against Musk. Although it's still a weird dynamic because Musk is a supplier of some great fodder for reporting. It does concern me and feels manipulative (at least potentially). Can these journalists really speak freely if they are concerned about being cut off from the [powerful] source?

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