The Signal Why did the U.S. government’s “disinformation czar” resign? Monika Richter on a strange saga of executive missteps and hyper-polarized reactions. Kenrick Mills A Ministry of Truth out of George Orwell’s 1984 to some, and a necessary safeguard for democracy to others, the U.S. Disinformation Governance Board was officially […]
Krystal and Saagar respond to the ousted minister of truth Nina Jankowicz claim that the attacks on her and the DHS board are disinformation
A must listen. LISTEN HERE Tablet senior writer Jacob Siegel joins me to discuss the rightward trajectory of certain insights of Frankfurt School-derived critical theory, especially in light of the history of the journal Telos and its founder and editor, Paul Piccone. We also discuss Piccone’s friend Paul Gottfried, […]
“If Bernie slept with my Mother…”. Oh god. Couldn’t have been more of a Kyle thing to say.
By Caitlin Johnstone Twitter has published what it calls a “crisis misinformation policy” announcing that it will be actively reducing the visibility of content found to be false which pertains to “situations of armed conflict, public health emergencies, and large-scale natural disasters.” If you’ve been paying attention to […]
Briahna Joy Gray, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to prevent radicalization after the Buffalo grocery store shooting.
Briahna Joy Gray, Robby Soave, and Kim Iversen react to the Biden administration’s ‘pause’ of the disinformation governance board.
By Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner The Department of Homeland Security’s much-criticized disinformation governance board is being paused following concerns it would impede free speech and complaints about its executive director. Less than a month after President Joe Biden’s administration touted the initiative, the DHS has suspended the board, […]
Briahna Joy Gray, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss whether Elon Musk’s Twitter deal will go through.
Krystal and Saagar consider the threats Elon Musk is making publicly about walking out of his agreed upon Twitter purchase due to bot counts and probably the market factors causing economic turmoil
It may be used as a reason to lower the purchase price of Twitter if the count of fake accounts is higher than the company reported.
Kat Rosenfield and Jeff Charles react to turbulence in Elon Musk’s attempted purchase of Twitter.
Krystal and Saagar separate fact from fiction on the news about Elon Musk’s Twitter deal being held up by concerns about fake accounts that the company had not made known to Elon beforehand
By Robert Stark Update: Today there was a pause in Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Elon Musk had initially offered to purchase Twitter in April for $43 Billion. Then Twitter invited Musk to join the board but reneged with obstructionism. For instance what is colloquially known as a “poison […]
ByJoshua Bote, SFGATE Twitter, the tech giant headquartered in San Francisco, is undergoing a major upending phase — coming to a head internally as two major executives are seemingly being pushed out and the company ceases all hiring. According to a companywide memo obtained by Bloomberg, the company will […]
Kyle needs to talk about the public square as a concept and how it’s been essentially privatized by entities that profoundly and decidedly are not looking to facilitate constructive democratic practices. People go online to get their news, they talk to each other about what’s happening and what […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave debate Nina Jankowicz’s proposed solutions to preventing the spread of disinformation on Twitter.
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss former President Donald Trump’s potential return to Twitter.
Krystal and Saagar question the proposal Elon Musk made about censorship on Twitter that would be based on the laws of certain countries, some of whom have harsh censorship regimes
By Matt Taibbi Discussing the Elon Musk acquisition with former ACLU president Nadine Strossen, Carleton College professor Amna Khaled, and host Nico Perrino of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. It’s been quiet on the site for a week or so, as I’ve been working on a […]
Robby Soave criticizes a New York Times profile of Elon Musk as a botched smear job.
Krystal and Saagar review Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter that he revealed in a slide deck to investors including firing 1000 employees right after the takeover and changing the company’s business model
Saagar issues a strong criticism of the NYT’s racism smears towards Elon Musk and shifts the conversation to real reasons to criticize the business practices of Twitter’s new owner
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss reports that Elon Musk plans to take Twitter public.
By Matt Taibbi A series of moves against media outlets by PayPal shows the next step in speech control: confiscation. Why won’t the company answer questions? In the last week or so, the online payment platform PayPal without explanation suspended the accounts of a series of individual journalists […]
The thing that scares them the most about Elon Musk is that he’s actually contemplating making Twitter open source. This isn’t about a critique at least not a serious one over the alleged lack of control over the platform. It’s really about the fact that Elon musk is […]
Kim Iversen criticizes PayPal for choosing to cut off their services to some independent media organizations and journalists.
Dumb question, but how is Caleb putting out new content from RT? Unless these are old. Isn’t RT gone?
Robby Soave criticizes the Biden administration’s new ‘disinformation governance board’ underneath the Department of Homeland Security.
Saagar goes through the record of lies told by the Biden administration’s new disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz after she was announced as the head of the DHS disinformation board
Krystal and Saagar respond to the takes on the view and Twitter opposing Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase by invoking racial issues and other grievances
With his leather jacket and gravity-defying, Heat Miser-inspired hairstyle, journalist and frequent MSNBC guest Anand Giridharadis comes across as a modern, ultra-hip progressive. But when it comes to issues of free speech and social media, he promotes censorship as much as the shittiest of shitlibs.
Ryan Grim encourages Elon Musk to address weaknesses in how Twitter protects its users’ communications and data.
By Matt Taibbi On drinking the delicious tears of blue-check hypocrites, who’ve suddenly discovered the perils of a privatized speech landscape. The New York Times earlier this week ran a guest essay by Gawker founding editor Elizabeth Spiers, fulminating about Elon Musk’s effort to purchase Twitter. She wrote: […]
An organization called Newsguard Technology has taken to evaluating traditional and independent news organizations and rating the outlets for their trustworthiness and independence from outside influence. The only problem? Newsguard is itself controlled by national security apparatchiks, former administration officials and others with decided biases of their own. […]
Krystal and Saagar respond to the journalistic tactics and attacks by the Washington Post after they featured Saagar’s Twitter comments in a story about Elon Musk’s online activity over the weekend
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave condemn The Washington Post for accusing Elon Musk and Saagar Enjeti of encouraging harassment of Twitter executives.
Krystal and Saagar review the leaked audio of Twitter employees who privately freaked out about Musk’s takeover to the point of tears for some worried about their future
By Caitlin Johnstone In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley’s redoubled efforts to quash dissident voices since the beginning of the Ukraine war, PayPal has just blocked the accounts of multiple alternative media voices who’ve been speaking critically against official US empire narratives. These […]
Either the platform genuinely gets better or it crashes and burns. Win win.
If he’s anything like a politician this is concerning, welcomed with enthusiasm with grand promises followed by complete failure and a u-turn on everything that was claimed to be important.
Morning Consult’s Chris Teale breaks down new polling on American adults’ views of social media content moderation and Elon Musk.
Robby Soave makes the case against repealing Section 230.
Robby Soave and Kim Iversen consider the consequences should former President Trump decide to rejoin Twitter.
Robby Soave and Kim Iversen share their thoughts on Joe Rogan’s claims that his “”subscriptions went up massively”” following several cancel culture attempts. According to Rogan, “”during the height of it all, I gained 2 million subscribers
Robby Soave explains the impact of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.
Senior policy director at The Conservative Partnership Institute, Rachel Bovard, shares her thoughts on whether Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter gives China influence.
Krystal and Saagar question the claim by Trump that he will not return to Twitter now that Elon Musk owns the platform and would be willing to restore his account
Krystal and Saagar react to the meltdown in liberal media caused by Musk buying Twitter as was exemplified by a segment on Brian Stelter’s CNN program
Krystal and Saagar break down the Twitter sale to Elon Musk and his financial backers that was completed yesterday and will make the social media giant a private company again
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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