Mike Masnick ✅

Okay, here we go: my new post: "Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Twitter And Hunter Biden’s Laptop"

Feel free to refer people to it as needed. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/07/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-twitter-and-hunter-bidens-laptop/

Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Twitter And Hunter Biden’s Laptop

Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you’ve said something quite wrong about Twitter and how it handled something to do with Hunter Biden’s laptop. If you’re new h…

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Dec 7, 2022 at 8:00pmWeb
Show threadJeff CraigDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick Doing good pre-Holiday-Family-Meetups work here, Mike.
Show threadmcneelyDec 7, 2022
@foxxtrot @mmasnick loved the Section 230 cameo at the beginning
Show threadPeter FrankDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick brilliant idea and thank you!
Show threadJake Jarvis Dec 7, 2022
@mmasnick this is beautiful 😍 I was struggling to put some of these same thoughts into coherent words since the sh*tshow happened but you've done so perfectly!
Show threadKyleDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick This was really long but well worth the read. I feel inoculated against misinformation.
Show threadBeeksDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick this is the very first thing I've ever read on the laptop situation and it was very helpful, thank you.
Show threadkkellerDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick this was a super article, thanks!
Show threadHeterodox ThisDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick
Thank you!
Show threadJamesTDGDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick *throws link at grandma*
Show threadKen ArnoldDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick Wait, aren't you referring us to this article without waiting for us to be wrong? SAD!!! 🙂
Show threadRandy TaylerDec 7, 2022
@mmasnick flying kinda fast and loose with the word "people" in the phrase "people like Glenn Greenwald," here, but kudos for avoiding name-calling, I guess?
Show threadJudith_IPDec 7, 2022

@mmasnick From the testimony of the FBI agent that you quote, saying they wouldn't have made such a strong statement: "And the reason I believe that is because I and the FBI, for that matter the U.S. intelligence community, was not aware of any successful hacks against political organizations or political campaigns."

Were they no longer aware of the DNC hack in 2016? Or the Podesta's emails?

What a weird thing to say.

Show threadMike Masnick ✅Dec 7, 2022
@Judith_IP i think he meant in the leadup to the 2020 election
Show threadTom CrossDec 8, 2022

@mmasnick

1. Thanks for writing this.

2. I fear you’ll be having to write a lot of these.

3. It might be worth explaining that [AFAIK] the NYPost’s account was blocked for two weeks because they refused to login and delete the tweet. Lots of ppl sharing the first part but not the second part.

Show threadZeeDec 8, 2022

@mmasnick I began laughing right around the time you started slapping the reader around with #Section230

“If you’re being wrong about #Twitter and the Hunter Biden laptop”

… then you probably get your news from F*x- we all know what that means

By this point the I’m guffawing like an idiot

Let me walk you through this 👫

💗🤣

Show threadWaltFrenchDec 8, 2022

@mmasnick Super, super, super, Mike!

Now if we just had a good splainer—better than the pat “facts have a well-known liberal bias”—to understand why one of the most powerful men on the planet thinks a sprawling hot mess of inconveniently nothingburger insinuations will do him ANY good with ANY other audience than an AltRight irregular army looking for new leadership

Or, I guess, some EEG data to show that’s exactly what he intended

Show threadkmazzsterDec 8, 2022
@mmasnick Awesome post. For the ages.
Show threadApril MDec 9, 2022
@mmasnick this was an excellent piece, thank you. I referred myself to your post because I want to be armed with enough facts and understanding to say more than “GAWD MOM STOP WATCHING FOX NEWS!” She’s in love with the drama no matter how ridiculous and damaging it is.