How Twitter Hearing Turned into a Dumpster Fire for GOP

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Republicans on Capitol Hill last week were keen to score points against Democrats by pushing the narrative that the federal government was working with Twitter to censor a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Techdirt’s Mike Masnick tells Andy Levy why they conceded a spectacular own goal.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:05.4	objector.
0:06.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:09.4	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an
0:14.4	unapologetic woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.
0:18.6	And I produce her Jesse Cannon and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:22.0	the rails.
0:23.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining
0:27.2	people in politics, media and beyond.
0:29.9	Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal and hopefully
0:35.3	even make you laugh through the tears.
0:37.3	Hello and welcome to another Sunday bonus episode of the new abnormal.
0:40.3	We thank you so much for being here.
0:42.2	Today we have an extra special episode with Mike Masnik, who's the founder and editor
0:46.4	of the blog Tectur and the CEO of the Copia Institute.
0:49.6	And he's going to talk to us all about the Twitter hearings that were held in Congress
0:52.9	this week.
0:53.9	But first, let's have some fun.
0:55.8	Are you guys ready to listen to some clips?
0:57.7	Hell yeah.
0:58.7	Clips, yeah.
0:59.7	Where are the clips?
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