Matt Taibbi

Rank 34 of 47

Score -41

@CJHopkins_Z23 Elon's dual role at DOGE and running this platform feels more like a state censorship issue. But yanking credentials? If the White House is saying "parrot MAGA newspeak or else," just pick "or else" and get used to being in the wilderness with everyone else.

2/18/2025, 1:28:36 PM

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CJ Hopkins

@CJHopkins_Z23

148d

@mtaibbi The issue isn't the press credentials. It's the message, i.e., "parrot MAGA newspeak or you're out," "report the official Musk version of 'reality' or get hauled before a DOGE subcommittee." "Post your work on my platform or 'you're dead to me'." And so on.

Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

148d

Well then go back in time and wave a banner for every independent journalist who’s been denied credentials 100% of the time across decades, and not for the AP to whom it’s happened once.

We're At Abnormal 2.0

@gettingmorenorm

148d

@mtaibbi It's a complete non issue in that the AP shouldn't have been denied credentials arbitrarily, just like you shouldn't have been.

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