{"id":1840308,"date":"2023-02-08T17:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T22:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840308"},"modified":"2023-02-08T17:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T22:49:43","slug":"wednesday-afternoon-update-ex-twitter-execs-testify-zelensky-goes-to-britain-lebron-breaks-scoring-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-ex-twitter-execs-testify-zelensky-goes-to-britain-lebron-breaks-scoring-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Afternoon Update: Ex-Twitter Execs Testify, Zelensky Goes To Britain, LeBron Breaks Scoring Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwednesday-afternoon-update-ex-twitter-execs-testify-zelensky-goes-to-britain-lebron-breaks-scoring-record%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><em>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. Click to listen to the podcast version.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ex-Twitter Execs Recommend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congress held its first hearing on Twitter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-twitter-executives-account-for-censorship-actions-before-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alluvial<\/a> Wednesday&#8217;s censorship of conservative views. Several high-ranking former executives gave evidence, including Yoel, the Former Head for Trust &#038; Safety at Twitter and Jim Baker, the legal counsel. The hearing centered around Twitter\u2019s decision to censor the New York Post\u2019s 2020 story about Hunter Biden\u2019s \u201claptop from hell\u201d:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yoel Roth discusses the Hunter Biden laptop story<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Twitter made a mistake \u2026 I have been clear that in my judgment at the time, Twitter should not have taken action to block the New York Post&#8217;s reporting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading via a>=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/alanagoodman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#8221;>@alanagoodman<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ziaOkl63Pu\">https:\/\/t.co\/ziaOkl63Pu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljW4DwwcIf\">pic.twitter.com\/ljW4DwwcIf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1623377627091243042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jim Baker, an ex-FBI official\/Twitter counsel, can&#8217;t answer whether he spoke with the FBI about Hunters&#8217; laptop. &#8220;I don\u2019t recall speaking to the FBI sitting here today.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SJoZR5ivWS\">pic.twitter.com\/SJoZR5ivWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1623356959998058496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinese Spy Balloon Part of Larger Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to U.S. Intelligence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chinas-spy-balloon-reportedly-part-of-global-surveillance-system-photos-from-wreckage-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related<\/a> The Chinese spy balloon was brought down by the Chinese military to reveal a massive surveillance program against many foreign countries. According to a Washington Post report the balloon surveillance program had targeted military assets of several rival countries such as Japan, India Vietnam and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syrian Rescue Teams Continue Search<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rescue teams in Turkey and Syria continued searching rubble Wednesday following the world\u2019s deadliest earthquake in over a decade. More than 11,000 people have been confirmed as dead. Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan visited Hatay Province, which was particularly hard hit. There were more than 3300 deaths and many neighborhoods destroyed. Residents there have criticized the government\u2019s response, saying rescuers were slow to arrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did The U.S. Bomb the Nord Stream Pipelines Did The U.S. Bomb the Nord Stream Pipelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh reported on substack: U.S. Navy dive teams attacked the Nord Stream pipelines with Norway&#8217;s cooperation in September. According to Hersh, the plan to attack the Nord Stream was initiated prior to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. White House spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/government-denies-bombshell-report-claiming-united-states-blew-up-nord-stream-pipelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Answered<\/a> Within hours, call the report \u201cfalse and complete fiction.\u201d According to a spokesperson for the CIA, the claim was denied. \u201ccompletely and utterly false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zelenksy Meets with British Prime Minister, King<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president was in London today to meet with King Charles III and the British prime minister. Zelensky requests dozens West-based fighter jets to combat the Russian aggressors. Zelenksy is also scheduled to meet in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron as well as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender-Neutral God?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The liturgical commission of Church of England has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/church-england-explore-gender-neutral-174833873.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">begun<\/a>\u00a0We are looking at changing the way we refer to God in prayers and other parts. Currently, the Christian church refers to God in the masculine form, but leaders told the media that might need to be changed to better reflect God\u2019s essence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristians have recognized since ancient times that God is neither male nor female, yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship,\u201d A representative of the church spoke to British media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMC Theatre Introduces New Pricing Structure for Ticket Prices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Numerous critics, even celebrities, are critical of the media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elijah-wood-others-cry-foul-over-amc-theatres-new-seat-pricing-method-says-it-will-penalize-people-for-lower-income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can weigh in on the new AMC Theatres<\/a> Pricing structure: Higher quality seats would be charged more. Take, for example: \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d Actor Elijah Wood commented recently on the situation, saying that he believes charging more for better locations is unfair to people with lower discretionary income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe movie theater is and always has been a sacred democratic space for all,\u201d Wood tweets. He tweeted that the pricing change would be effective immediately. \u201cessentially penalize people for lower-income and reward for higher income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for AMC replied to the criticism by saying that every seat was available \u201cdelivers an amazing moviegoing experience,\u201d Customers can select a seat with tiered pricing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LeBron Breaks Scoring Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James broke the NBA\u2019s all-time scoring record Tuesday night in a loss to the Oklahoma city Thunder. Kareem Abul Jabar, who was the former record holder, was there for the historic occasion. James is now the only person to have 38,390 points during his career. Here\u2019s the radio call of the bucket that put him on top:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s another look at the radio broadcast from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lakers<\/a> When LeBron James broke the all-time points record <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> History, broadcast by 710LA ESPN Radiohttps:\/\/t.co\/olK8liUyVl&#8221;>pic.twitter.com\/olK8liUyVl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Braydyn Lents (@LentsBraydyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LentsBraydyn\/status\/1623192460317843456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You can listen to the audio version by clicking here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/morning-wire\/id1576594336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>. Listen to Morning Wire every morning for more details on the most important stories of the day.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0here. Ex-Twitter Execs Testify Congress held its first hearing on Twitter\u2019s alleged censorship of conservative viewpoints on Wednesday. Several former high-level executives testified, including the Former Head of Trust &amp; Safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, as well &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1840311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7449,6449,13035,7166,7310,7815,4752,9284,5308,5002,9172,8630],"class_list":["post-1840308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-afternoon","tag-breaks","tag-britain","tag-ex-twitter","tag-execs","tag-lebron","tag-record","tag-scoring","tag-testify","tag-update","tag-wednesday","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1840311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}