Twitter has placed community notes on a tweet by National File reporter, Charles Downs, after he shared an article reporting on Laura Loomer’s accusations. Loomer claims that the Twitter account @MaxNordau is the burner account of Bryan Griffin, Ron DeSantis’ Communications Director. However, Twitter’s community notes did not provide any evidence to dispute Loomer’s claims.
The community notes on Downs’ tweet stated, “This is false. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary, Bryan Griffin has denied these allegations and said, ‘I don’t do things anonymously; I put my name and face to everything I stand for.'” It is worth noting that Griffin denied the allegations without presenting any counter-evidence. Additionally, the author of the Redstate article, Bonchie, posted anonymously.
This incident led to Trump supporters accusing Twitter of bias towards Ron DeSantis. They argued that Twitter’s decision to label Downs’ tweet as false was influenced by Team DeSantis. A Twitter user, Bert Magadonian, tweeted, “Community notes is run by Team DeSantis. They rated this tweet false because team DeSantis denied it was true.”
Another Twitter user, Superballs Larry, criticized Community Notes for labeling things as lies based solely on the word of DeSantis staffers. Larry suggested that even fact-checking organizations like Politifact have not been as unreliable as Community Notes.
Laura Loomer further added to the debate by presenting additional evidence to support her claim that @MaxNordau is Bryan Griffin. She posted screenshots showing a one-minute time difference between an email received by Ron DeSantis’ press team and a tweet by @MaxNordau. Loomer questioned the likelihood of such a coincidence and pointed out that Bryan Griffin is a part of DeSantis’ press team.
Based on the evidence presented by Loomer, it is reasonable to conclude that @MaxNordau is either Bryan Griffin himself or someone closely associated with the DeSantis operation.
However, despite the mounting evidence, DeSantis operatives increased their attacks on Downs and National File. A Twitter user named Max-a-Lago questioned National File’s credibility and urged them to retract the article. He tweeted, “Why does National File exclusively employ people who have something wrong with them? Just retract the article. Or not. It’s your credibility that’s in the toilet.”
The situation continues to develop, and National File encourages readers to stay updated on the latest developments.
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