Stop me if you’ve heard this before. But Twitter has banned a bunch of journalists that were critical of Twitter. But then un-banning them quickly:
Elon Musk’s X / Twitter once again purged journalists — among others — who were critical of the billionaire’s politics. But as quickly as they went, they seemingly soon came back.
This time X barred a handful of journalists, podcasters, and other users. Among the purged: the Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein, the Texas Observer’s Steven Monacelli, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and the account for the leftwing podcast TrueAnon. But just as some of the previous, seemingly arbitrary bans of other journalists didn’t last, this incident was quickly resolved on Tuesday.
For a guy who claims to be all for free speech, Elon Musk loves to ban the Twitter accounts of people that speak freely and criticize him. Talk about having a thin skin. This highlights that journalists are not welcome on Twitter and should find better places to be like Threads or Mastodon where they can do their jobs without the interference of a billionaire who acts like a child.
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Elon Musk Starts The New Year By Banning Journalists That He Doesn’t Like… Then Un-Banning Them
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. But Twitter has banned a bunch of journalists that were critical of Twitter. But then un-banning them quickly:
Elon Musk’s X / Twitter once again purged journalists — among others — who were critical of the billionaire’s politics. But as quickly as they went, they seemingly soon came back.
This time X barred a handful of journalists, podcasters, and other users. Among the purged: the Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein, the Texas Observer’s Steven Monacelli, podcaster Rob Rousseau, and the account for the leftwing podcast TrueAnon. But just as some of the previous, seemingly arbitrary bans of other journalists didn’t last, this incident was quickly resolved on Tuesday.
For a guy who claims to be all for free speech, Elon Musk loves to ban the Twitter accounts of people that speak freely and criticize him. Talk about having a thin skin. This highlights that journalists are not welcome on Twitter and should find better places to be like Threads or Mastodon where they can do their jobs without the interference of a billionaire who acts like a child.
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