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Two minor and inconsequential errors that he owned up to even before the segment aired. This is a particularly stupid gotcha given that CIS was the government
by torpid 3y ago
Two minor and inconsequential errors that he owned up to even before the segment aired.
This is a particularly stupid gotcha given that CIS was the government contractor working for CISA/DHS to help facilitate social media takedown requests — Mehdi focuses on a minor error while obscuring the big picture to defend the Department of Homeland Security’s overreach.
Per SCOTUS, working through an intermediary is not a loophole around the First Amendment. For purposes of regulating free speech, a government contractor IS the government.
So yes, in hundreds of tweets and articles reporting the Twitter Files, there were a couple errors that Taibbi instantly corrected. That's how you build trust and integrity with readers. It's what MSNBC, CNN, and FOX almost never do.
- jacquesm 3y agoThose are not minor and inconsequential errors. They are matters of principle.