Thread by @arthur__long

ICYMI: Over the past 72 hours, @ChicagoThinker student journalists eviscerated the mainstream media at @UChiPolitics Disinformation Conference

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Seeking to bolster a familiar narrative, @DavidAxelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, convened a conference at @UChicago ironically titled, “Disinformation And The Erosion Of Democracy.”

disinfo2022.com

Axelrod invited a collection of all-stars from big media, big government, and big academia. Expecting a cozy echo chamber for the same hackneyed narratives they push as a profession, participants were woefully unprepared for what they encountered: students who think critically.

On the first day of the conference, notable warmongering globalist @anneapplebaum was asked about Hunter Biden's laptop by @RealDSchmidt.

She responded by calling the laptop "totally irrelevant" and saying "I don't find it to be interesting."

https://twitter.com/ThinkerChicago/status/1511839490356228098?s=20&t=lkRqZemAvclI9FbnhrO4eA

On the next day of #Disinfo2022, @JonahDispatch pompously rejected the notion that Hunter Biden's laptop had any effect on the 2020 election, called @RealDSchmidt a "kid", and made a bizarre analogy to water bottles and polar bears.

https://twitter.com/ThinkerChicago/status/1512086977234931722?s=20&t=lkRqZemAvclI9FbnhrO4eA

Then, @chrispthetruth confronted a mysteriously tan @brianstelter, reciting examples of @CNN's false reporting, asking whether it was merely a coincidence that these errors all supported the liberal narrative.

Stelter replied, "It's time for lunch."

https://twitter.com/ThinkerChicago/status/1512136557951537179?s=20&t=lkRqZemAvclI9FbnhrO4eA

Today, @evitaduffy_1 asked @amyklobuchar about a bill that would punish social media companies for "health misinformation."

Klobuchar scoffed and replied, "I'm not going to get into what misinformation [is]"... at conference on disinformation.

https://twitter.com/ThinkerChicago/status/1512473269538070540?s=20&t=lkRqZemAvclI9FbnhrO4eA

Lastly, the irony came full circle. @JeffreyGoldberg accused the Thinker's students of spreading disinformation about the conference itself, while David Axelrod helplessly looked on, probably wishing he never held #Disinfo2022.

https://twitter.com/ThinkerChicago/status/1512500707504668678?s=20&t=lkRqZemAvclI9FbnhrO4eA

What a nice way to debate ideas! @anneapplebaum

@ThinkerChicago @IngrahamAngle @TuckerCarlson @Cernovich @DonaldJTrumpJr @emeriticus @ChristinaPushaw @benshapiro @MattWalshBlog @michaeljknowles

@anneapplebaum blocked me and @ThinkerChicago after we exposed her as as one of the biggest purveyors of disinformation at #Disinfo2022. What are you afraid of Anne?