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How Important Are the “Twitter Files” and Twitter Itself?
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48 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2022
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This week, Eric Kohn, Dan Hugger, and Dylan Pahman tackle the “Twitter Files,” the internal documents from the social media company that have been released by several independent journalists like Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss. What, if anything, do they tell us about the way Twitter was run previously? Is there even enough information in what was released to draw meaningful conclusions about the pre–Elon Musk regime? Next, with Jimmy Lai sentenced to more than five years for his conviction on “fraud” charges, what will this mean for his upcoming National Security Law trial? And finally, is Christmas over-commercialized? And does it really matter if it is?
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Twitter Files Part 1 | Matt Taibbi
Twitter Files Part 2 | Bari Weiss
Twitter Files Part 3 | Matt Taibbi
Twitter Files Part 4 | Michael Shellenberger
Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson Don’t Understand the First Amendment | David French, The Atlantic
Jimmy Lai Gets 5 Years for Fraud as He Awaits Trial | Isaac Willour, Acton Institute
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Twitter Files Part 1 | Matt Taibbi
Twitter Files Part 2 | Bari Weiss
Twitter Files Part 3 | Matt Taibbi
Twitter Files Part 4 | Michael Shellenberger
Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson Don’t Understand the First Amendment | David French, The Atlantic
Jimmy Lai Gets 5 Years for Fraud as He Awaits Trial | Isaac Willour, Acton Institute
The Hong Konger Film Website
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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