Journalist Matt Taibbi ripped into his “former colleagues in mainstream media” for their indifference to the FTC demanding information on journalists as part of an investigation into Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk. “There is no logical reason, for example, why the FTC needs to know the identities of journalists engaging with Twitter,” the report said. “Which journalists a company or its executives talks to is not remotely the government’s business. Which journalists a company or its executives talks to is not remotely the government’s business. This is an insane overreach https://t.co/87JdDQ2s0P — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) March 7, 2023Other reactions along similar lines caught not just Taibbi’s attention but Musk’s as well.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 09, 2023 00:06 UTC