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Feb 10 5 tweets 2 min read
Here comes the truth about John Fetterman, in today's New York Times - months too late:

"When it’s bad, Mr. Fetterman has described it as trying to make out the muffled voice of the teacher in the 'Peanuts' cartoon, whose words could never be deciphered."
nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/…
More John Fetterman revelations from the NYT, as we watch the Information Hostage Taking in action:

"He has had to come to terms with the fact that he may have set himself back permanently by not taking the recommended amount of rest during the campaign."
nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/…
NYT is ready to tell the truth about John Fetterman - who remains in the hospital for a 3rd day - now that the truth doesn't matter.

"a physical impairment and serious mental health challenges that have rendered the transition extraordinarily challenging"
nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/…
I go in-depth on the concept of "information hostage-taking," with specific examples, as well as a dozen other journalism concepts that illustrate how the modern media lost its way in my forthcoming book #Uncovered.

Pre-order now and receive it 2/21!
ReadUncovered.com
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Feb 12
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This is weird! So… I have a theory… 1/

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We have to start with how bizarre the Chinese spy balloon story was. Why wasn't this dealt with immediately?!

Well we heard this happens all the time, actually. That the balloon was simply "off course."

That seemed hard to believe. But... what if it was true? 2/
Adam Kinzinger is a lot of things, but he knows basic foreign policy. Where is why his tweet during the spy balloon saga was odd.

He said the balloon was flying at 100,000 feet, when it actually was only at 60,000 feet. There's a reason for that. 3/

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Jan 12
Chris Wallace was a serious hard news journalist and host for decades. Now he's singing duets with Dionne Warwick. What happened?

I spend 1,500 words digging into the current Wallace-CNN relationship for my first @FourthWatch #RabbitHole deep dive (paid):
fourthwatch.substack.com/p/whos-watchin…
@FourthWatch Chris Wallace was CNN's big bet for the now-defunct CNN+. Is the investment paying off?

Last weekend he was talking to actor Hugh Jackman about the height of a comic book character. It was a far journey from his 18 years hosting Fox News Sunday:
fourthwatch.substack.com/p/whos-watchin…
@FourthWatch Sunday's "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace" had just 58K in the demo and 462K total viewers (well behind Fox but ahead of MSNBC).

The show airs just once at 7pmET (or 4pmPT), and isn't repeated throughout the evening.

@FourthWatch #RabbitHole ($):
fourthwatch.substack.com/p/whos-watchin…
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Jan 10
This viral tweet from the former CDC director is true, but wildly out of context. Is he doing so on purpose or accidentally?

Look how a bias of omission by presenting the CDC's data with as much of a broad brush as possible distorts the reality of the science... 1/
Frieden uses data that groups people between the ages of 5 and... 80+. Take a look at the age breakdown on the CDC's site.

Unvaccinated 80+ is the top line. The 2nd line is unvaccinated 65-79-year-olds. The 3rd line? VACCINATED 80+year-olds...
2/

covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
Based on the CDC's own data, vaccinated 80-year-olds are more likely to die with COVID than all unvaccinated Americans below 65. It's such a big discrepancy that basically every American, vaccinated or not, looks like they're in the same category. 3/

covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
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Jan 9
Damar Hamlin's injury likely had nothing to do with COVID vaccines.

But part of the reason the story grew is the corporate press' refusal to engage with vaccine reality - treating all discussion as toxic.

My @FourthWatch newsletter - now on Substack:
fourthwatch.substack.com/p/allornothing…
@FourthWatch Too often our media treats issues it deems "toxic" as "all or nothing" - pretending there are no vaccine side effects, while another side assigns vaccine side effects to everything it reads.

But life isn't that way - we need a media engaged in nuance. fourthwatch.substack.com/p/allornothing…
@FourthWatch People shared New Yorker's "The Case For Wearing Masks Forever” headline as if it was a case of COVID extremism by the press.

Instead, it was a deeply-reported, and alarming, article by @emmaogreen exposing a dangerous, but powerful, group. @FourthWatch:
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Jan 9
Grant Wahl's death wasn't related to the COVID vaccine.

But that doesn't mean vaccine injuries don't exist. And a press that treats the topic as too toxic to discuss breeds further conspiracy theories. My @FourthWatch newsletter (the first on Substack!):
fourthwatch.substack.com/p/allornothing…
@FourthWatch The press is still covering for SBF (and now his ex too).

A media that showed such a keen disinterest in the duo before, enabling their rise and crimes, is now trying to work overtime to justify their inaction. @FourthWatch: fourthwatch.substack.com/p/allornothing…
@FourthWatch David French is a conservative.

But his arguments about "misinformation" seed the ground for the kind of censorious activities our modern anti-speech activists in the press have been cheerleading. He'll fit right in at the NYT. @FourthWatch:
fourthwatch.substack.com/i/94560142/dav…
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1. "Twitter Files" are a fascinating look at the inner workings of Twitter, and its coziness with power (both sides). There isn't a smoking gun, and anyone who has followed these stories for years (COVID suppression for example), shouldn't be surprised.
2. The Hunter Biden laptop suppression in October 2020 is THE story that tells us so much about our moment. It's why I made it the prologue to my book, #Uncovered, out in February.

Download that chapter now for free here. Let's go down memory lane:
bit.ly/uncoveredbook
3. In #Uncovered, I describe the Hunter Biden laptop handling as "perhaps the most egregious and obvious example of the elite censorship collusion racket between tech companies, government forces, and the national media that we’ve ever seen."

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