'I've been a reporter for 30 years, and a staunch advocate of the First Amendment,' said Taibbi after Rep. Stacey Plaskett called him a 'so-called' journalist.
The journalists posted Twitter threads that revealed internal records of Twitter employees' emails, showing the platform's past decision-making process and its efforts in monitoring content.
Above, Rep. Jim Jordan delivers remarks during a meeting prior to a hearing on U.S. southern border security on Capitol Hill on February 1 in Washington, D.C. Independent journalist Matt Taibbi appeared before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which Jordan chairs, to discuss the Twitter Files on March 9, 2023.
During his testimony, Taibbi commented on Plaskett's remarks and said that he has been a reporter for 30 years and a"staunch advocate of the first amendment."magazine. Ranking member Plaskett, I'm not a 'so-called' journalist. I've won the National Magazine Award, the I.F. Stone award for independent journalism, and I've written 10 books, including four
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