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

CNN contributor Kara Swisher raised eyebrows as she significantly downplayed Big Tech’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election and called claims of collusion between tech companies and the federal government “absolute nonsense.”On Wednesday night, a CNN panel discussion put a spotlight on comments made by Republican vice-presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, who suggested that President Biden’s victory was illegitimate by pointing to how social media giants “verifiably” “censored Americans from talking about things like the Hunter Biden laptop story,” saying that had a “major, major consequence” on the results of the previous election. “There is no proof that tech companies colluded to do this,” Swisher reacted.“This is nonsense and he knows it.”ellow panelist, conservative CNN political analyst Scott Jennings, pushed back, saying there was an “institutional effort” to suppress the New York Post’s bombshell reporting on the laptop. “I have been one of the biggest critics of tech.

This is nonsense.Absolute nonsense,” Swisher doubled down.“Wasn’t the New York Post thrown off of Twitter?” Jennings asked. As Jennings attempted to refute Swisher, CNN anchor Abby Phillip interjected to validate Swisher as a tech journalist, telling him Swisher “has done actual reporting on this” and that she’s “done the work.”“I don’t know why you keep repeating things that aren’t true,” Swisher told Jennings. “Did they get thrown off of Twitter? It’s true!” Jennings reacted.“They did, and then [Twitter] said they made a mistake and they put them right back on, just like CNN does, just like The New York Time does,” Swisher responded.

“It wasn’t after the election, it was during the time… and [then-Twitter CEO] Jack Dorsey switched.”Swisher continued, “So I think what the issue is – is you think Twitter is the government.You think Twitter is running things.

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