Journalist and CNN contributor Kara Swisher has repeatedly downplayed the Twitter files and the New York Post’s suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop story, and has made a number of unproven accusations about numerous celebrities.

Swisher came under fire Friday for suggesting there was “no evidence” that tech companies conspired to suppress a New York Post story reporting the existence of Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election. However, Big Tech companies are known to have contacted the FBI. This is to freeze the poster’s account and hide the article. Swisher has publicly made several unproven suggestions about X owner Elon Musk and conservatives.

“There’s no evidence that tech companies conspired to do this. This is nonsense…I’m one of the biggest critics of technology. This is nonsense,” Swisher said, as quoted by CNN’s Scott. This led to a backlash from Jennings. “That’s complete nonsense.”

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The New York Post’s account was locked by Twitter for seven days on October 15, 2020, after it published an article that included emails allegedly sent from Biden’s laptop. It showed Biden and his father, President Joe Biden, meeting with Ukrainian executives from the oil company Burisma. . The social media company also locked former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s personal account after she shared this story.

Swisher spoke during an Oct. 5 segment on “The Chris Wallace Show” in which Republican candidate Donald Trump declined to participate in further debates with Vice President Kamala Harris, citing “cognitive challenges.” suggested without evidence that it did.

“There were some moments last week where his cognitive issues were evident, so when he’s pushed in any way, or when the argument with Kamala Harris happens, he has a problem,” Swisher said. spoke.

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In an interview with former CNN host Don Lemon in March, Swisher called the Twitter file, in which no evidence of oppression was found, a “ridiculous waste of time.” (Related: ‘He’s fucking going to lose’: Bill Maher fights with liberal journalists over Biden’s re-election chances)

“I think [Musk] I was obsessed with those Twitter files and found no or only a few examples of stupid decision-making on Twitter’s part. But those Twitter files were a huge waste of time for everyone because you would never find what you were looking for. ” Swisher said.

The Don Lemon Show Episode 2: @Crow Washer

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(1:55) Introducing Kara Swisher
(2:20) Elon Musk’s attitude in interviews
(6:35) Tech giants and media
(9:37) There are many different opinions on Twitter.
(14:35) Donald Trump and Politics
(18:35) Drug use and drugs… pic.twitter.com/nybDGghrU4

— Don Lemon (@donlemon) March 20, 2024

The Twitter file, which began in December 2022, was created by Musk and other journalists, including former Rolling Stone Editor-in-Chief Matt Taibbi, and former Twitter Inc. executives were asked about Hunter Biden’s laptop in New York. It detailed how the Post’s reporting was intentionally suppressed. Taibbi revealed how the FBI warned Twitter of a possible “hack and leak” by “state actors” over the laptop incident that could affect the 2020 presidential election. Journalist Michael Shellenberger discovered in mid-December that the FBI had paid Twitter nearly $3.50. Employees were paid $1 million between October 2019 and February 2021 to compensate them for their time managing agency requests.

A prominent journalist told Lemon that Musk is “promoting” a great alternative theory. belief that lax immigration policies toward non-white immigrants are an attempt to replace whites; Musk said he “doesn’t agree” with this theory, but accused For promoting the theory that illegal immigrants are being brought to the United States to support the Democratic Party.

“What am I looking at?” [Musk] Tweet and look, at least he’s definitely promoting it, but I’ve never seen him promoting the other side, which is nonsense,” Swisher told Lemon. “If he’s so interested in the actual debate, which he isn’t, he will promote both positions.”

Both Swisher and Lemon proposed He said he was uncomfortable with Musk because he is “gay.”

journalist laughed Co-host Scott Galloway spoke about former first lady Melania Trump’s July 13 assassination attempt on her husband’s assassination attempt on the Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway podcast on July 16. We joked about it.

“I don’t know if you heard, but just before First Lady Melania released her public statement, I heard her yelling into the phone, ‘I got a job!'” Too soon. ? ” Galloway said shortly after criticizing conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting.

“No, I like jokes. My favorite joke was, let’s hope we’re not time travelers from the future who can’t shoot…Okay, no jokes,” Swisher replied. Ta.

In a September interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Swisher said that Fox and News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch had allegedly “created something like a tsunami of disinformation” in the U.S., the U.K., “Australia’s most destructive force”. She noted that Fox News reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in April 2023 over allegations that the network “deeply damaged” its reputation in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Mentioned.

“Actually, I think so too. [Murdoch] It is most destructive in the US, UK and Australia,” Swisher told Amanpour. “It’s a little bit bigger than that, but that’s what his publications and his power have accomplished. But it’s in decline…combined with gerrymandering and social media, and what the truth and lies are. I don’t understand, it’s created a kind of disinformation tsunami of tabloidism, which I think has been going on for much longer…but I think it’s actually created this really cynical factual mindset. .”

In the media, Rupert Murdoch claims to be ‘the single most destructive force in America, Britain and Australia’ @Crow WasherHowever, the empire is “in decline.” He “created a kind of tsunami of disinformation… You might say it’s lazy, but I think it’s intentional.” pic.twitter.com/Vl4KHde9Hb

— Christian Amanpour (@amanpour) September 28, 2023

Swisher also said that NBC News’ Dasha Burns said then-Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman had a hard time making “small talk” during an October 2022 interview. He also accused Fetterman of being complicit in a “Republican effort,” without evidence, suggesting that he was simply making unwarranted statements. ‘Bad day’ Fetterman suffered a near-fatal stroke in May 2022, making it difficult for her to process spoken words at a normal rate.

Swisher did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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