Clown car hearings exploit a weakness in mainstream journalism's source code, which gives no clear instructions for how to report truthfully on events that are themselves false, meaning they spring from a propagandistic intent and taking them seriously only furthers the scam.

And yet: They can't be ignored because they show what the Republican party does with its power.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-led-us-house-panel-probes-twitter-block-hunter-biden-story-2023-02-08/

#uspolitics #uspol #journalism

Former Twitter execs tell Republicans they erred on Hunter Biden laptop story

Former Twitter executives told a Republican-led U.S. House committee on Wednesday that they made a mistake by blocking tweets about a laptop said to belong to President Joe Biden's son Hunter but said government officials were not involved.

Reuters
@jayrosen_nyu My heart goes out to the reporters who had to watch these hearings so I don't have to.
@briankrebs @jayrosen_nyu as I noted in my own writeup, I watched it after it was over at 3x speed.
@mmasnick @briankrebs @jayrosen_nyu I refuse to watch any of these shit shows unless @lawfare puts out a No Bull episode.