- Freddie deBoer discusses the Twitter Files and the concept of the Maw, which is the expression of the culture war as operationalized by the consensus opinions of media.
- He examines Eric Levitz’s article on the Twitter Files, noting that Levitz’s opinion is sufficiently nuanced to save face but which will in every instance satisfy the Maw.
- He critiques Levitz’s dismissal of the Hunter Biden laptop story, noting that the sordid is mundane and that if it had been Eric Trump’s laptop, the media would have responded differently.
- He concludes that there are interesting conversations to be had about the Twitter Files, but the Maw insists that there’s nothing there at all.
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