CNN pundit downplays Big Tech censorship of Hunter Biden laptop in 2020, calls government collusion ‘nonsense’

CNN contributor Kara Swisher raised eyebrows when she significantly downplayed Big Tech’s censorship of Hunter Biden’s laptop story during the 2020 election, calling claims of collusion between tech companies and the federal government “absolute nonsense.”

On Wednesday evening, a CNN panel discussion spotlighted comments from Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, who suggested that President Biden’s victory was illegitimate by pointing out that social media giants are “provably targeting Americans.” “censored”. from talking about things like the Hunter Biden laptop story, saying it had a “big, big impact” on the results of the previous election.

“There is no evidence that tech companies collaborated on this,” Swisher responded. “That’s nonsense and he knows it.”

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Scott Jennings, a conservative CNN political analyst and panelist, disagreed, saying there was an “institutional effort” to suppress the New York Post’s bombastic reporting on the laptop.

“I was one of the biggest critics of technology. This is nonsense. Absolute nonsense,” Swisher doubled down.

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“Wasn’t the New York Post removed from Twitter?” Jennings asked.

When Jennings tried to refute Swisher, CNN anchor Abby Phillip interjected to confirm Swisher as a tech journalist, telling him that Swisher had “actually covered it” and that she had “done the work.”

“I don’t know why you keep repeating things that aren’t true,” Swisher told Jennings.

“Were they kicked off Twitter? That’s true!” Jennings responded.

“They did, and then [Twitter] said they made a mistake and rehired her right away, just like CNN does, just like The New York Time,” Swisher responded. “It wasn’t after the election, it was during the time… and [then-Twitter CEO] Jack Dorsey has changed.

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Swisher continued: “I think the problem is that you think Twitter is the government. They think Twitter handles things. And there is not this comprehensive agreement. And JD Vance knows this because he worked in tech. He knows there is no such thing as Big Tech. There are major technology companies that do not collude on this matter.

However, Swisher was wrong when she claimed that the New York Post had gone “right back on” Twitter (now called X). The New York Post account was suspended for a whopping 16 days for refusing to remove her posts that linked to her laptop coverage of Hunter Biden, and was reinstated on the platform less than a week before Election Day 2020.

Also left unmentioned was how Twitter blocked its users from even sharing the links via direct messages and that Twitter users, including then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, had their accounts suspended for sharing the post’s coverage Reasoning they violated Twitter’s rules “against the distribution of hacked material,” although the Biden campaign never claimed the laptop was hacked.

Additionally, Swisher’s claim that there was no collusion between the social media giants and the government is undermined by revelations from the Twitter files, which show how the FBI and Justice Department informed Twitter about a possible “hack-and-run.” Russia’s Hunter-related leak operation informed Biden before the New York Post published its story. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also admitted in August that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove COVID-related content it deemed misinformation and that the FBI had previously warned about “Russian propaganda.” had before Hunter Biden’s laptop showed up.

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Critics took aim at Swisher’s comments on social media.

“Yes, this is all a complete lie from @karaswisher on CNN – as they claim she is the one who ‘knows,'” responded independent journalist Glenn Greenwald. Twitter suspended the NY Post from its account for two weeks – until **three days before the election** – because the NY Post refused to remove links to six stories about Biden.

“The Hunter Biden laptop story was apparently suppressed by Twitter and Facebook,” responded Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi. “Mark Zuckerberg’s letters, FBI agent Elvis Chan’s testimony, Yoel Roth’s FEC statement, and other documents show that the FBI at least falsely warned of a foreign ‘hack-and-leak’ operation.”

“Perfect example of the arrogance of rigid ignorance,” said New York Post columnist Miranda Devine. “The @nypost Twitter account was suspended for two weeks, until a few days before the 2020 election. People like @kayleighmcenany were suspended simply for attempting to privately DM a link to our story. You don’t know what you’re talking about @Karaswisher.

CNN did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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