And they ran with it anyway. Fake news. Misinformation. Gaslighting.... All courtesy of the left. Imagine that?
And the lefties that post here? The ate it all up. Shit, 90% of them probably still believe the hoax. At some point, shouldn't they feel the shame of being duped?
https://reason.com/2023/01/27/twitter-files-matt-taibbi-hamilton-68-russian-bots-fake/
But according to new revelations uncovered by independent journalist Matt Taibbi as part of the Twitter Files, the accounts on ASD's list weren't Russian bots. Moreover, Twitter content moderators knew the list was inaccurate but were reluctant to criticize it due to fears of bad press.
Indeed, Taibbi published screenshots of several emails that show Twitter's former trust and safety czar, Yoel Roth, discovering the list was wrong. The dashboard "falsely accuses a bunch of legitimate right-leaning accounts of being Russian bots," he wrote. "I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
And the lefties that post here? The ate it all up. Shit, 90% of them probably still believe the hoax. At some point, shouldn't they feel the shame of being duped?
https://reason.com/2023/01/27/twitter-files-matt-taibbi-hamilton-68-russian-bots-fake/
But according to new revelations uncovered by independent journalist Matt Taibbi as part of the Twitter Files, the accounts on ASD's list weren't Russian bots. Moreover, Twitter content moderators knew the list was inaccurate but were reluctant to criticize it due to fears of bad press.
Indeed, Taibbi published screenshots of several emails that show Twitter's former trust and safety czar, Yoel Roth, discovering the list was wrong. The dashboard "falsely accuses a bunch of legitimate right-leaning accounts of being Russian bots," he wrote. "I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
