{"id":1675,"date":"2023-01-05T14:13:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2023-01-09T20:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:35:24","slug":"democrat-house-intel-committee-chief-pressured-twitter-to-ban-journalists-and-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/democrat-house-intel-committee-chief-pressured-twitter-to-ban-journalists-and-critics\/paul-crespo\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat House Intel Committee Chief Pressured Twitter to Ban Journalists and Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In the \u2018yes, we were right all\u2019 along category, it is crystal clear that leading Democrats politicos held enormous sway over the woke peons at Twitter, and still do at other Big Tech social media companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, in clear violation of the First Amendment, and press freedom, these top Democrats use that power to pressure these companies to suspend and ban journalists and critics alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the latest bombshell drop from Musk\u2019s Twitter Files we learn that by 2020, Twitter was inundated with requests and demands from elements of the government to censor various personalities and narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most egregious example is that of Adam Schiff, his position as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee gave him credibility to push false narratives, and then push Big Tech to censor any contrary views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly, Schiff\u2019s office wanted Twitter to shut down one of the most effective journalists pushing back on his phony Russia collusion narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published Tuesday, the latest round of the Twitter Files \u2013 internal documents revealing how Twitter engaged in censorship and promoted disinformation in tandem with government agencies for the past few years \u2013 revealed that Schiff\u2019s office asked Twitter to remove journalist Paul Sperry and others from the site. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taibbi, who published the Twitter Files post-by-post to Twitter at the behest of Musk, provided documentation showing that “the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff” asked “Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document Taibbi shared featured correspondence between the “House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee” \u2013 Schiff\u2019s office \u2013 and Twitter, which included a request to “Suspend the many accounts, including @GregRubini and @paulsperry, which repeatedly promoted false QAnon conspiracies and harassed [REDACTED].”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the article [Schiff wanted banned], Sperry said then-CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella was overheard talking in the White House with Sean Misko, a holdover staffer from former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former official who reportedly heard the conversation told Sperry, \u201cJust days after [Trump] was sworn in they were already trying to get rid of him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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27.They also received an astonishing variety of requests from officials asking for individuals they didn\u2019t like to be banned. Here, the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry: pic.twitter.com\/SXI1ekqi13<\/a><\/p>— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>