MSNBC Host Spanks Matt Taibbi Hard Over ‘Twitter Files’ Errors
House Republicans launched an Oversight hearing and investigation based on the Twitter files, which, as MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan noted to Matt Taibbi, a journalist that Elon Musk chose to go through and launch the files, was riddled with errors. Taibbi seemed to want the attention of being on Hasan's show, but I'm sure he is sorry for that now since he was left hemming and hawing while trying to explain his errors.
Via The Daily Beast:
At one point in the heated and lengthy interview, which spanned more than 20 minutes, Hasan brought up some glaring mistakes within Taibbi's reporting on the supposed anti-conservative censorship and government interference that took place within Twitter prior to Musk's purchase of the platform.
Noting that Taibbi repeatedly referenced the Election Integrity Project (EIP) throughout the Twitter Files, Hasan noted how critics have pointed out that much of Taibbi's reporting on the center is just false.
"You said the EIP was founded as a response to the government dropping its proposal for a disinformation governance board," the MSNBC host declared while displaying Taibbi's tweet on the topic. "It wasn't, it was formed two years earlier. You suggest it was government funded, even though during the 2020 election you're covering, it wasn't."