OAN Roy Francis
UPDATED 1:29 PM PT – Thursday, March 9, 2023
The House Judiciary Select Subcommittee held a hearing on “The Twitter Files” on Thursday.
In her opening statement, Delegate Stacey Plaskett, the Democrat who represents the United States Virgin Islands and is also a ranking member of the committee, attacked Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger. In her opening statement Plaskett called Taibbi and Shellenberger who had been called to testify before the committee “so-called journalists.”
Taibbi replied in his opening statement, his accolades which he has garnered throughout his career. The journalist went on to describe his experience as he was forced into his role as one of the primary disseminators of information regarding “The Twitter Files.”
He went on to also describe the information he had been given to review and release to the public. The decision to release the information to the public was made by Elon Musk, who had previously purchased Twitter, as part of his campaign to restore true free speech to the platform.
Taibbi concluded his opening statement by saying that “free speech is the best defense against the ‘Censorship-Industrial Complex.’ If there’s anything The Twitter Files show, it’s that we’re in danger of losing this most precious right, without which all other democratic rights are impossible.”
Plaskett went on to claim that Taibbi and Shellenberger “pose a direct threat to people who oppose them.”
At a House hearing on the Twitter Files, Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett declares that witnesses @mtaibbi and @ShellenbergerMD "pose a direct threat to people who oppose them."
Plaskett, in reality, is threatening and smearing two journalists for exposing censorship. pic.twitter.com/ofNSwBPsmM
