CNN contributor Kara Swisher He raised eyebrows by largely downplaying Big Tech’s censorship hunter biden Called the laptop story and claims of collusion between tech companies and the federal government during the 2020 election as “absolute nonsense.”
On Wednesday night, a CNN panel discussion highlighted comments made by the Republican vice-presidential nominee Senator JD VanceR-Ohio, who suggested President Biden’s victory was illegitimate, describing how social media giants “verifiably” “blocked Americans from talking about things like the Hunter Biden laptop story,” saying Said that it had a “major, major consequence” of the results of the previous election.
Swisher responded, “There is no evidence that tech companies colluded to do this.”
“This is bullshit and he knows it.”
Elo panelist, conservative CNN political analyst Scott Jennings, pushed back, saying there was an “institutional effort” to suppress the New York Post’s blistering reporting on the laptop.
“I have been one of the biggest critics of technology. This is nonsense. “Absolute nonsense,” Swisher said in a double take.
“Wasn’t the New York Post kicked off Twitter?”. Jennings asked.
As Jennings attempted to refute Swisher, CNN anchor Abby Phillip interjected to validate Swisher as a technology journalist and told him that Swisher “has done actual reporting on this” and that he “did the job.” Have done.”
Swisher told Jennings, “I don’t know why you keep repeating things that aren’t true.”
“Did he get kicked off Twitter? This is true!” Jennings responded.
“They did, and then [Twitter] They said they made a mistake and they put them back in, just like CNN does, just like The New York Times does,” Swisher responded.
“It was not after the elections, it was at that time… and [then-Twitter CEO] Jack Dorsey switched.
Swisher continued, “So I think what the issue is — do you think Twitter is the government. You think Twitter is running things. And the collusion is not that widespread. And JD Vance knows this because he’s worked in technology. He knows there is no such thing as Big Tech. There are big tech companies. They do not collude on this issue.”
However, Swisher was wrong when she claimed that the New York Post had been put “right back” on Twitter (now called X).
The New York Post’s account was locked for a full 16 days because it refused to remove its posts related to the Hunter Biden laptop reporting, before being allowed back on the platform less than a week before Election Day 2020 .
It also did not explain how Twitter also prevented its users from sharing links through direct messages and how Twitter users, including the then White House Press Secretary, were prevented kayle mckenney Their accounts were locked for sharing the Post’s reporting, claiming they violated Twitter’s rules “against the distribution of hacked content”, despite the fact that the Biden campaign had never Did not claim that the laptop was hacked.
Additionally, Swisher’s claims that there was no collusion between the social media giants and the government have been undermined by the disclosure of Twitter files showing how the FBI and DOJ investigated possible “hacks and leaks” from Russia related to Hunter. ” had informed Twitter about the operation. Biden before the New York Post ran its story.
meta ceo Mark Zuckerberg He also acknowledged in August how his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove COVID-related content deemed misinformation and that the FBI had searched for “Russian propaganda” before Hunter Biden’s laptop was exposed. “Warned about.
Critics took aim at Swisher’s comments on social media.
Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald responded, “Yes, this is a complete lie from @karaswisher on CNN – as they claim she is the one who ‘knows.’ Twitter locked the NY Post out of their account for 2 weeks – **until 3 days before the election** – because the NY Post refused to remove links to 6 stories about Biden.’
Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi responded, “The Hunter Biden laptop story was clearly suppressed by Twitter and Facebook.”
“Mark Zuckerberg’s letter, FBI agent Elvis Chan’s statement, Joel Roth’s FEC announcement, and other documents provide at least a false warning to the FBI about foreign ‘hack and leak’ operations.”
New York Post columnist Miranda Devine called it “the perfect example of the arrogance of ignorance.”
“The @nypost Twitter account was locked for two weeks, just days before the 2020 election. People like @kayleighmcenany were suspended for trying to privately DM a link to our story. You don’t know what you’re talking about @karaswisher.
CNN did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
