{"id":1873215,"date":"2023-03-09T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-at-the-twitter-files-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:54:08","slug":"chaos-at-the-twitter-files-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-at-the-twitter-files-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos at \u2018The Twitter Files\u2019 hearing"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fchaos-at-the-twitter-files-hearing%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=1873215&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--><p> <br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House Oversight and Accountability Committee Hearing about Twitter&#8217;s handling the 2020 New York Post Story about Hunter Biden and His Laptop, in Washington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Roy Francis<br \/>UPDATED 1:29 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, March 9, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A hearing was held on behalf of the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee. &#8220;The Twitter Files&#8221; Thursday<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Delegate Stacey Plaskett (Democrat representing the United States Virgin Islands) made her opening statement and attacked Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and others. Plaskett attacked Shellenberger, Taibbi, and all those who were being called to testify before this committee in her opening statement. &#8220;so-called journalists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640a52b363940.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) refers to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mtaibbi<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShellenbergerMD<\/a> As &#8220;so-called journalists.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pq8qtCPgoe\">pic.twitter.com\/Pq8qtCPgoe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1633853124912848896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Taibbi opened his statement by describing his achievements throughout his career. The journalist described the experience of being forced to take on the role of primary information disseminator for The Twitter Files.<\/p>\n<p>He also described the information he had been allowed to review before releasing it to the public. Elon Musk made the decision to make the information available to the public as part his campaign to restore free speech on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi closed his opening speech by stating that &#8220;free speech is the best defense against the \u2018Censorship-Industrial Complex.&#8217; If there&#8217;s anything The Twitter Files show, it&#8217;s that we&#8217;re in danger of losing this most precious right, without which all other democratic rights are impossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640a52b363940.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mtaibbi<\/a>Twitter Files opening statement to the hearing &#8220;I&#8217;m not a so-called journalist&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LVmd7A3Ym\">pic.twitter.com\/6LVmd7A3Ym<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1633857457167515649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Plaskett continued to assert that Shellenberger, Taibbi, and Shellenberger were the same person. &#8220;pose a direct threat to people who oppose them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640a52b363940.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett, a House member on the Twitter Files declares that there are no witnesses at the hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mtaibbi<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShellenbergerMD<\/a> &#8220;pose a direct threat to people who oppose them.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Plaskett is actually threatening and smearing journalists who expose censorship. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ofNSwBPsmM\">pic.twitter.com\/ofNSwBPsmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Mat\u00e9 (@aaronjmate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1633870396192862208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Plaskett stated that the hearing was also a success. &#8220;unacceptable,&#8221; Tucker Carlson also has access to the January 6<sup>Th<\/sup> footage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640a52b363940.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Republican on the panel demanded that the claim be struck from record.<\/p>\n<p>Plaskett called then the Twitter Files hearing &#8220;unacceptable&#8221;Tucker Carlson also has access to Jan. 6 footage <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rUProJKE7n\">pic.twitter.com\/rUProJKE7n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Mat\u00e9 (@aaronjmate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1633871621814640640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Representative Sylvia R. Garcia (D-Texas.) Taibbi was also questioned by Sylvia R. Garcia (D-Texas) about the timeline of events since his source first contacted Taibbi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;You earlier said that someone had sent you through the internet, some message about whether or not you would be interested in some information,&#8221; Garcia said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Yes, and I referred to that person as a source,&#8221; Taibbi is back.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;So you&#8217;re not going to tell us when Musk first approached you?&#8221; Garcia asked him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Again, congresswoman, you&#8217;re asking a journalist to reveal a source,&#8221; Taibbi stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garcia then asked him if Musk was his direct source. Taibbi replied that he couldn&#8217;t answer. Jim Jordan, Chairman of the Committee, accused the Democrat of repeatedly asking him his source.<\/p>\n<p>This led to a dispute between the members of the committee, Jordan lashing out at the Democrats for forcing him to reveal his source, which he claimed was a violation the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640a52b363940.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Matt Taibbi won&#8217;t reveal his sources, after Democrats tried to intimidate him with the Twitter Files.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi is an American hero\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAfLuWvNyq\">pic.twitter.com\/pAfLuWvNyq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1633881932684742656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Garcia was about to expire and Garcia made her last accusation, asking if the reporters were being paid to testify in front of the committee. Jordan was disbelieving and refused to believe this, as were the journalists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640a52b363940.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#8217;t stop laughing at it\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSylviaGarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepSylviaGarcia<\/a>\u2069 Learning for the first time who\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bariweiss<\/a>\u2069 It is and you sincerely want to ask if Bari.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mtaibbi<\/a>\u2069And\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShellenbergerMD<\/a>\u2069 They are a trio on a mission spreading disinformation via social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TwitterFiles?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TwitterFiles<\/a>. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Ov6XRl6XX\">pic.twitter.com\/5Ov6XRl6XX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meara (@MillennialOther) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MillennialOther\/status\/1633877478287773696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The release of The Twitter Files to public was made possible by the testimony of the two reporters, Musk and the reporter. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter Files are an internal set of documents that reveals the relationship between Jack Dorsey and various organizations and government entities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/chaos-at-the-the-twitter-files-hearing\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=chaos-at-the-the-twitter-files-hearing\">Chaos at \u2018The Twitter Files&#8217; hearing<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight and Accountability Committee Hearing about Twitter&#8217;s handling the 2020 New York Post Story about Hunter Biden and His Laptop, in Washington OAN Roy FrancisUPDATED 1:29 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, March 9, 2023 A hearing was held on behalf of the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee. &#8220;The Twitter Files&#8221; Thursday Delegate Stacey Plaskett (Democrat representing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1889894,"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":[542],"tags":[6962,5441,5665,3679,4253],"class_list":["post-1873215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-the","tag-chaos","tag-files","tag-hearing","tag-twitter"],"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\/1873215","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}