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Reaction has been sharply polarized following reporter Matt Taibbi's release of files related to Twitter's suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, with left-leaning journalists slamming Taibbi's work as 'sad' and 'bad reporting.'
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, gave Taibbi access to the documents, which he began to publish excerpts of on the social media site on Friday evening.
The documents included internal Twitter emails appearing to show staffers removing tweets showing a nude Hunter Biden at the behest of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.
Taibbi, a podcaster and former Rolling Stone correspondent, came under heavy criticism from top journalists at NBC News, MSNBC, the Daily Beast, and elsewhere, who accused him of doing 'PR work' and committing journalistic malfeasance.
'Matt Taibbi...what sad, disgraceful downfall. I swear, kids, he did good work back in the day,' tweeted Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali.
Matt Taibbi, a podcaster and former Rolling Stone correspondent, came under heavy criticism from top journalists at NBC News, MSNBC, the Daily Beast, and elsewhere over his publication of files relating to Twitter's censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story
NBC News reporters Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny were among those who criticized Taibbi's work, calling it 'PR work' and 'really bad reporting'
'Should be a cautionary tale for everyone. Selling your soul for the richest white nationalist on Earth. Well, he'll eat well for the rest of his life I guess. But is it worth it?,' he added.
NBC News Senior Reporter Ben Collins wrote: 'Imagine throwing it all away to do PR work for the richest person in the world. Humiliating s**t.'
Mehdi Hasan, the MSNBC host, had a similar criticism, tweeting: 'Imagine volunteering to do online
