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White House claims files on Twitter suppressing Hunter stories is a 'distraction' full of old news: Karine Jean-Pierre calls Elon Musk release 'haphazard' and says he wants to divert attention away from hate and disinformation on the site
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/05/2022 | Rob Crillly

Posted on 12/05/2022 2:26:14 PM PST by DFG

The White House on Monday dismissed a release of Twitter emails showing internal discussions around suppressing stories about Hunter Biden's laptop as 'old news' and a distraction from the real issue of why the platform was not doing more to tackle hate speech.

Conservatives have seized on the release, dubbed the 'Twitter files', as evidence that Democrats are in league with tech giants as they suppress unflattering stories.

But Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre played down the impact of Elon Musk's decision to release the information.

'We see this as an interesting ... or a coincidence, if I may, that he would so haphazardly push this distraction that is so full of old news, if you think about it, and at the same time, Twitter is facing very real and very serious questions about the rising volume of anger, hate and antisemitism on their platform, and how they're letting it happen,' she said.

'And, you know, the president said last week, more leaders need to speak out and reject this. And it's very alarming and very dangerous.'

Files released on Friday evening included attempts by members of the Biden campaign and the Trump White House to have executives review or remove tweets.

But they focused on the decision by Twitter to suppress an unverified New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop.

The story's reach was quickly limited on Twitter and Facebook over fears that it could have been the product of hacking or a Russian disinformation attempt.

Social media platforms had been on high alert for foreign influence campaigns after Wikileaks published hacked emails from Democratic Party officials during the 2016 campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: disinformation; elonmusk; hunter; likefatherlikeson; musk; pedojoe; truthsocial; twitter
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1 posted on 12/05/2022 2:26:14 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

You can just smell the fear and desperation.


2 posted on 12/05/2022 2:28:23 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: DFG

What else is she going to say? Hunter and Joe sold America down the drain for personal wealth? Which is true.


3 posted on 12/05/2022 2:28:55 PM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: DFG

I hope I live long enough to see traitors hang.


4 posted on 12/05/2022 2:28:59 PM PST by Venkman
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To: DFG

Deny, deny, deny, until it is old news.


5 posted on 12/05/2022 2:29:36 PM PST by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble )
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To: DFG

Deport the black, lesbian immigrant. She’s an absolute worthless piece of schiff.


6 posted on 12/05/2022 2:30:15 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: Sicon

Yes! I love the smell of fear early in the morning.


7 posted on 12/05/2022 2:31:46 PM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: DFG

No offense intended toward Chickens!

8 posted on 12/05/2022 2:31:49 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: DFG

you know one of these days one of these huge liars might just get struck by lightning...


9 posted on 12/05/2022 2:32:17 PM PST by rolling_stone (cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war )
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To: DFG

“Old news”

As if they didn’t say at the time that it wasn’t true.


10 posted on 12/05/2022 2:34:10 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: bray

That was part of the clintons approach to bad news. They would deny and deny things that happened.

Then when the truth cannot be denied any longer, then the Clinton approach was to say , well , this is old news now it’s already been dealt with.

That was definitely the Clinton approach with every so-called bimbo eruption , including Monica Lewinsky.


11 posted on 12/05/2022 2:37:09 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: BenLurkin

Amazing... It goes from “Fake News” to “Old News” in under 24 hours! Spending no time as “New News.”


12 posted on 12/05/2022 2:37:24 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: DFG

Hate and discrimination = criticism of liberalism.


13 posted on 12/05/2022 2:39:31 PM PST by matt04 ( )
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To: DFG

tw@t.


14 posted on 12/05/2022 2:40:08 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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15 posted on 12/05/2022 2:41:43 PM PST by EEGator
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To: DFG

The Biden Crime Family is part of The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate.

“Let’s all steal! There aren’t enough prison cells for all of us!”


16 posted on 12/05/2022 2:42:40 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: DFG

This can be boiled down to the two classic replies: ‘It ain’t so!’ and ‘So what?’ The Biden WH has transitioned from the first to the second. I suppose you could say there’s a third: ‘Look over there, a squirrel!’


17 posted on 12/05/2022 2:44:15 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: DFG
It's called free speech and it's a fundamental right of all Americans. Under leftist ownership and management free speech did not exist at Twitter. Now it does. That's what freedom looks like. For the record, never before in American history, with the exception of the Civil War, was there more hatred spewed than is being spewed by today's left - including their surrogate groups like Antifa.
18 posted on 12/05/2022 2:44:51 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: John Milner

GOOD POINT....Amazing... It goes from “Fake News” to “Old News” in under 24 hours


19 posted on 12/05/2022 2:45:11 PM PST by Liz (Vox Populi, Vox Dei (voice of the people is the voice of Go d)
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To: DFG

Well, yeah, the fact that the Biden family is corrupt and Joe and Hunter are a couple of major sleazeballs is indeed old news, but most people aren’t aware of it because of the mainstream media shills sweeping it under the rug.


20 posted on 12/05/2022 2:48:49 PM PST by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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