Democrats of the House Oversight and Reform Committee suddenly decided to cancel a hearing to evaluate the "climate disinformation." The event was to be attended by Elon Musk, the new CEO of Twitter.
According to a report by Fox News Digital, Rep. Ro Khanna, who serves as chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Environment, was responsible for extending the invitation to four social media executives to come to the hearing and testify.
The invitation was sent on Nov. 18 to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with YouTube and TikTok executives and the new CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk. The intention was that all would participate in the hearing scheduled for Dec. 14. However, it recently came to light that the Democrats opted to cancel the hearing due to an alleged communication problem.
"In November, initial Subcommittee hearing invites were sent out prematurely that did not align with the Committee’s hearing calendar," a Democratic committee spokesperson said, adding that the decision to push the hearing would have been made shortly after the invitations were sent out.
However, it is public knowledge that Elon Musk's attendance at the appearance could have been detrimental to Democrats, as it would have given Republicans on the committee the opportunity to ask questions about the "Twitter Files" that were recently brought to light by author Matt Taibbi.
3. The “Twitter Files” tell an incredible story from inside one of the world’s largest and most influential social media platforms. It is a Frankensteinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out the control of its designer.
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 2, 2022
Among the information revealed were internal communications from the social network that demonstrate efforts to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story shortly before the 2020 presidential election.
In fact, Taibbi claimed in his Twitter thread that various information manipulation tactics were used, mostly benefitting the left.
11. This system wasn't balanced. It was based on contacts. Because Twitter was and is overwhelmingly staffed by people of one political orientation, there were more channels, more ways to complain, open to the left (well, Democrats) than the right. https://t.co/sa1uVRNhuH pic.twitter.com/K1xmqQ0TrD
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 3, 2022
There is still much to be uncovered about the Hunter Biden laptop scandal and how it may have been covered up by the social network. James Comer, ranking member of the Oversight Committee, announced that once Republicans take control of the House in January of next year, a hearing will be held for social network officials to provide further explanations of the "Twitter Files."
