Matt Taibbi

Rank 23 of 47

Score 29

They were also about errors made by authorities about natural immunity, breakthrough cases, etc. The only politicians mentioned as victims were Italian Democrats like Nicola Zingaretti and Giuseppe Conte. To claim this was partisan toward the right is a flat-out lie.

6/15/2024, 5:10:12 PM

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Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

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- labeling "true stories" and "often true content" as misinformation;
- saying "seeding doubt and uncertainty in authoritative voices" like Dr. Fauci's "foments distrust," irrespective of fact;
- connections between the VP and Homeland Security, the State Department, etc;

Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

601d

This is just false. Show me the part of the Twitter Files reports on the Virality Project that in any way can be described as "all *pro-vax* misinformation from libs targeting conservative-leaning skeptics." None of that reporting is partisan. It was about:

Briahna Joy Gray

@briebriejoy

601d

So, during, the Trump administration, the government made phony Twitter accounts to influence Filipinos to distrust the vaccine they received from China in order to undermine China’s influence in the region? The Twitter files included important reporting, but this is why overly…

The statement and accompanying images engage in public discourse by addressing the issue of misinformation and political bias in the context of COVID-19 and vaccine narratives. The statement defends the reporting on the Virality Project, arguing that it was not partisan and that it included errors made by authorities regarding natural immunity and breakthrough cases. The images provide evidence to support the claim, showing that the project identified both left-leaning and right-leaning figures as part of misinformation networks.

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