by Liberal media networks NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, and CNN have largely ignored the “Twitter files” on the air, and only MSNBC provides a significant portion of the company’s internal documents from the past few days.
While the files dominated the discussion on Twitter, a site known for facilitating discussions among members of the press, internal documents were almost never broadcast live.
since friday, networks only discussed the Twitter files for a total of 14 minutes. According to a review of the Grabien transcripts by Fox News Digital, the term “Twitter files” was used on air only six times during the same period.
TWITTER FILES CHAPTER 5 REVEALED STAFF WHO DID NOT BELIEVE TRUMP IS VIOLATION OF ‘DRIVE’ POLICY
Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi uncovered the “Twitter Files” on December 2 that revealed the internal communications of Twitter employees and US lawmakers surrounding the censorship of the NY Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story.
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While CNN only aired the story for three minutes on December 9, MSNBC spent two minutes on the story the same day, five minutes on December 11 and four minutes on December 12.
CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News did not discuss the Twitter filings last week.
“Now you’re looking and of course they’re talking about Hunter Biden’s laptop. They’re in the middle of this Twitter thing, I swear I’ve tried to read through it a thousand times and try to understand exactly what they’re trying to do. MSNBC presenter Joe Scarborough on Monday briefly cited the files, proving and If they’re proving anything, maybe Twitter made decisions they didn’t like, he said.
Monday evening newscasts were filled with criticisms of Musk and discussions about Twitter, including the re-release of Twitter Blue. However, Twitter files never surfaced on the networks, except for a brief reference on NBC News where a reporter discussed how former top Twitter official Yoel Roth was forced to leave his home after receiving death threats.
Left-wing MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan was the only expert to offer a full broadcast block to the story on Sunday, when he claimed the Twitter files showed no evidence of corporate bias against conservatives.
Hassan rhetorically asked, “Do the Twitter files show evidence of leftist bias on Twitter?” she asked. “No. In fact, the whole Twitter line – discriminating against conservatives – that Elon or his money traders like to spit out from conservative journalists is literally the opposite of reality.”
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A photo of former US President Donald Trump taken in Palm Beach, Florida on November 15, 2022, and Elon Musk at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, USA on Thursday, October 10, 2019.
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During the episode, Hasan cited an internal review by Twitter last year that claimed the algorithm favored right-wing politicians more than left-wing politicians.
On December 4, major Sunday shows on ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN devoted a total of seven seconds to the story, causing Twitter CEO Elon Musk to raise his voice in the crushing silence.
Musk said, “I think those people should look in the mirror and wonder why they cheated. Why did they cheat the American people?” she asked. Instead of trying to put the blame on Matt Taibbi, they should accept some responsibility themselves for not being honest with the American people.”
During the weekend of December 2, MSNBC broadcast for three minutes and CNN told the story for 10 minutes. CNN reported Monday night that Dr. He also included Musk in the context of his criticisms of Anthony Fauci.
When asked for comment, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, and CNN did not respond to Fox News Digital when asked why they skipped the coverage of the Twitter files, whether it was important to inform viewers about the story, or if they were planning to. to cover future reports on internal Twitter documentation.
TWITTER BACKGROUND FILES: JACK DORSEY IS AUTHORIZED BY TWITTER DOESN’T CENSE, ‘SHADOW BAN’ Conservatives
The fifth installment of Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files,” released Monday, revealed that employees believe the tweets written by former President Trump around the events of January 6 did not actually violate its policies against provocation, despite what the company said at the time.
The Twitter Files began on December 2 when Matt Taibbi disclosed internal efforts to suppress the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story in 2020.
Bari Weiss reported on the second installment of the Twitter Files on Thursday, revealing that the company has “blacklisted” or shadow-banned certain tweets and users.
Chapters three and four were devoted to summarizing what led to Trump’s removal from Twitter on January 8, 2021. Musk reinstated Trump’s Twitter account in November.
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Amy Nelson and Joseph A. Wulfsohn of Fox News contributed to this report.
