Renee DiRestaThe Free Press published a truly insane article by Jacob Siegel, who “investigated” whether me requesting a correction on a book review that said my team censored 22 million tweets was actually…censorship.
You read that right: a man who smeared me in his book got to smear me again in The Free Press after I tried to get the first smear fixed. The article says I “didn’t deny” pressuring an outlet to remove his review. So I got on the phone w/an editor there to categorically deny it. No change.🤷🏻♀️
I wrote my own Substack post about this bullshit because I had to endure nutjobs on Twitter insisting that not only had I censored the whole Internet in the 2020 election, and his review, but that it was my job to fix it. Yes. I should do PR for the liar.
I’ve got a much spicier story coming about Jacob Siegel’s book, but this is the story of a very strange day.
https://open.substack.com/pub/reneediresta/p/corrections-are-censorship-jacob?r=6vlt&utm_medium=ios
I’ve got a much spicier story coming about Jacob Siegel’s book, but this is the story of a very strange day.
https://open.substack.com/pub/reneediresta/p/corrections-are-censorship-jacob?r=6vlt&utm_medium=ios
Corrections Are Censorship: Jacob Siegel’s Latest Fiction
Jacob Siegel misleads readers in his new book. When I asked for corrections, he cried censorship in The Free Press—writing as accuser, investigator, and fact-checker all in one. A lie-machine exposé.
Rachel ParkerHow the fuck is this censorship if (A) this happens all the time in journalism (meaning, that journalistic outlets often print retractions and corrections after the fact)? and (B) You're not a member of the state or law enforcement or represent either? What a bag of dicks these people are.