Matt Taibbi

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2/18/2025, 2:31:54 PM
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CJ Hopkins
@CJHopkins_Z23
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148d
@mtaibbi No argument there. It's not a censorship issue at all. It's the general "heads on spikes," "print what we tell you or we'll haul you before a DOGE subcommittee" approach of the new regime that troubles me.
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
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148d
@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.
CJ Hopkins
@CJHopkins_Z23
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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
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149d
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
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149d
@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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