Fox News: Jesse Watters: Democrats aren’t happy about this

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♪ >> Jesse: SOME THINGS ARE SO ENGRAINED IN OUR LIFE WE DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT THEM UNTIL THEY ARE GONE. WE DON’T THINK ABOUT CLEAN DRINKING WATER UNTIL WE SEE A TOXIC TRAIN WRECK WIPE OUT A TOWN IN OHIO. WE DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW NICE IT IS TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR

FRIENDS AND FAMILY UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT LOCKS US ALL DOWN. AND WE DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT A FREE PRESS IS UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT OF IT. AND WE ARE SEEING THAT HAPPEN TODAY. DEMOCRATS COLLUDED WITH THE FBI, CIA, AND BIG TECH TO CENSOR US AND HIJACK ELECTIONS.

THE TWO JOURNALISTS WHO BROKE THE STORY TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF CONGRESS TODAY. >> TWITTER, FACEBOOK, GOOGLE AND OTHER COMPANIES DEVELOPED A FORMAL SYSTEM FOR TAKING IN MODERATION REQUESTS FROM EVERY CORNER OF GOVERNMENT FROM THE FBI, THE DHS, EVEN THE CIA IS MAKING LISTS OF PEOPLE WHOSE OPINIONS, BELIEFS, ASSOCIATIONS OR SYMPATHIES ARE DEEMED

MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, OR MALL INFORMATION. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP A TRADITIONAL ACLU LIBERAL, THIS MECHANISM FOR PUNISHMENT AND DEPRIVATION WITHOUT DUE PROCESS IS HORRIFYING. >> THE CENSORSHIP INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX COMBINES ESTABLISHED METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION SOME DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. MILITARY DURING THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR WITH HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED STOOLS SCIENCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AGENCIES AND CONTRACTORS HAVE GONE FROM FIGHTING ISIS RECRUITERS AND RUSSIAN BOTS TO CENSORING AND DEPLATFORMING ORDINARY AMERICANS AND DISFAVORED PUBLIC FIGURES. THE GOVERNMENT NO LONGER NEEDS A PREDICATE OF CALLING YOU A TERRORIST OR AN EXTREMIST TO THE DEPLOY GOVERNMENT RESOURCES TO COUNTER YOUR POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

THE ONLY PREDICATE IT NEED IS SIMPLY THE ASSERTION OF THE OPINION YOU EXPRESSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS WRONG. >> Jesse: THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF CORRUPTION JOURNALISTS ARE SUPPOSED TO AIR OUT. KEEP IN MIND BOTH OF THESE REPORTERS ARE LIBERAL. BECAUSE OF THESE TWO GUYS, THE COUNTRY KNOWS THAT THE

GOVERNMENT USED BIG TECH TO SILENCE US. THEY SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. BUT DEMOCRATS AREN’T HAPPY BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WIN WHEN AMERICANS ARE SILENCED. NOW DEMOCRATS ARE SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLORS. THE DEMOCRATS ONLY LIKE A FREE PRESS IF THE PRESS WORKS FOR THEM. DEMOCRATS CAN’T REFUTE THE CLAIMS THAT BIG TECH CENSORS CONSERVATIVES SO THEY SMEARED

THE JOURNALISTS WHO BROKE THE STORY OR SHOULD I SAY SO-CALLED JOURNALISTS. >> THIS ISN’T A MATTER OF DATA WAS GIVEN TO THESE SO-CALLED JOURNALISTS BEFORE US NOW. THERE ARE MANY LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE MUSK GOT THE FINANCING TO BUY TWITTER. >> Jesse: THE SO-CALLED JOURNALISTS THEN FACT CHECKED THE SO-CALLED CONGRESSWOMAN.

>> I HAVE BEEN A REPORTER FOR 30 YEARS. AND A STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. MUCH OF THAT TIME WAS SPENT AT ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE. RANKING MEMBER PALACE COUNTY. I’M NOT A SO-CALLED JOURNALIST. I HAVE WON THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT AWARD FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM AND WRITTEN 10 BOOKS INCLUDING FOUR

“NEW YORK TIMES” BEST SELLERS. >> Jesse: SOUNDS LIKE A REAL JOURNALIST TO ME. WHAT OTHER BULLETS DO DEMOCRATS HAVE IN THE CHAMBER? WELL, REPORTERS ARE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY. NOW, I’M NOT ASKING YOU TO PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE ON IT BUT IT’S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT YOU PROFITED FROM THE TWITTER FILES.

YOU HIT THE JACKPOT ON THAT VEGAS SLOT MACHINE TO WHICH YOU REFERRED. THAT’S TRUE, ISN’T IT? >> I HAVE ALSO REINVESTED. >> YOU HAVE MADE, NO, NO, NO, NO. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE PROFITTED SINCE YOU WERE THE RECIPIENT OF THE TWITTER FILES? YOU HAVE MADE MONEY? YES OR NO?

>> IT’S PROBABLY A WASH, HONESTLY. >> NO. YOU HAVE MADE MONEY THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE BEFORE, CORRECT? >> BUT I HAVE ALSO SPENT MONEY THAT I DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE. I JUST HIRED A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO. >> PATENT OBVIOUS ANSWER RECLAIMING MY TIME. >> Jesse: DEBBIE WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ MADE MILLIONS OF TRADING STOCKS. MADE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM REPORTING THE NEWS. WHAT MAKES REPORTERS SUCCESSFUL IS HAVING GREAT SOURCES. IF YOUR SOURCES PAN OUT, READERS TRUST YOUR REPORTING. AND GOOD REPORTERS SPEND YEARS GAINING SOURCES ON THE INSIDE. NOW, THEY GAIN THEIR TRUST AND THEN REPORT THE INFORMATION FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY.

BUT THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF ANY REPORTER IS TO KEEP YOUR SOURCES CONFIDENTIAL. THAT PROTECTS YOUR SOURCE AND IT PROTECTS YOUR REPORTING. AND IF YOU BURN A SOURCE, YOUR SCOOPS ARE TOAST AND FUTURE SOURCES WILL NEVER TRUST YOU. AND DEMOCRATS KNOW THIS. BECAUSE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE THE SOURCES FOR HUNDREDS OF

REPORTERS IN THE MEDIA. ALL THEY DO IS LEAK SCOOPS TO THE REPORTERS SO THE REPORTERS SPIN THEM THAT WAY FOR THE DEMOCRATS RISE TO POWER BUT NOW DEMOCRATS USED A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING TO TRY TO FORCE JOURNALISTS TO BETRAY THEIR SOURCES. >> DID MR. MUSK CONTACT YOU, MR? >> AGAIN, THE ATTRIBUTION FOR MY

STORY IS SOURCES AT TWITTER. >> MR. SHELLENBERGER, DID MR. MUSK CONTACT YOU? >> ACTUALLY, NO. >> MR. TIBERIASY, HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ELON MUSK? >> I HAVE. >> OKAY. MR. TAIBBI, DID MR. MUSK PLACE ANY CONDITIONS ON THE USE. >> WOULD THE GENTLE LADY YIELD FOR A SECOND?

>> AS LONG AS MY TIME IS USED. >> ARE YOU TRYING TO GET JOURNALISTIC SOURCES? >> I AM THOUGHT. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT? >> NOPE. >> Jesse: IT DOESN’T STOP THERE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE OUT FOR BLOOD. THEY WANT TO PUNISH JOURNALISTS FOR BLOWING UP THE SILENT CENSORSHIP ARM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THESE REPORTERS NEED TO BE BROKEN JUST TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE PRESS DON’T CROSS THE LINE SO YOU ARE NOT REQUESTING TO TELL YOU WHEN MUSK FIRST APPROACHED YOU. >> CONGRESSMAN, YOU ASKING ME TO. >> YOU CONSIDER MR. MUSK TO BE THE DIRECT SOURCE OF ALL OF THIS?

>> NO, NO. YOU ARE TRYING TO GET ME TO SAY THAT HE IS THE SOURCE. >> WELL,. >> I CAN’T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> EITHER HE IS OR HE ISN’T. IF YOU ARE TELLING ME YOU CAN’T ANSWER BECAUSE IT’S YOUR SOURCE, WELL ONLY LOGICAL CONCLUSION IS THAT HE IS, IN FACT, YOUR SOUSE.

>> YOU ARE FREE TO CONCLUDE THAT. >> WELL, SIR, I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS BUT LET’S MOVE ON. >> NO, HE CAN. IS HE A JOURNALIST. >> NO, HE CAN’T BECAUSE EITHER MUSK IS THE SOURCE AND HE CAN’T TALK ABOUT IT OR MUSK IS NOT THE

SOURCE AND IF MUSK IS NOT THE SOURCE THEN HE CAN DISCUSS IT. >> NO ONE HAS YIELDED THE GENTLE LADY IS OUT OF ORDER. YOU DON’T GET TO SPEAK. >> BECAUSE HE INTERRUPTED. >> THE GENTLE LADY IS NOT RECOGNIZED. >> YOU ARE NOT RECOGNIZED. >> HE HAS NOT SAID THAT WHAT HE

SAID IS HE IS NOT GOING TO REVEAL HIS SOURCE AND THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS ARE PRESSURING TO DO SO. >> WE ARE ASKING ABOUT. >> THE GENTLE LADY HAS NOT YIELDED YOU TIME. >> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH JOURNALISTS WHO REPORT ON THEIR DIRT. REMEMBER OBAMA SPIED ON A FOX

NEWS REPORTER IN 2010. TOOJ HIS PHONE RECORDS. TRACT HIS MOVEMENT, EVEN STOLE HIS EMAILS. BIDEN MUST HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTES BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT SENT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AFTER ELON MUSK. DEMANDING MUSKRAT ON THE JOURNALISTS HE WORKED WITH HOUSE DEMOCRATS DON’T APT PRIVATE COMPANY TO TALK TO A REPORTER THAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS DON’T

APPROVE OF. SO BIDEN’S FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. >> ON TUESDAY, THE MAJORITY RELEASED AN 18-PAGE REPORT CLAIMING TO SHOW THAT THE FTC IS, QUOTE: HARASSING TWITTER. OH MY, POOR TWITTER. >> Jesse: DEMOCRATS CAN’T OWN TWITTER, NO ONE CAN PLAY WITH IT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS

CRIPPLING THE FREE PRESS, OH MY POOR FREE PRESS. DEMOCRATS CAN’T QUINN ELECTIONS FAIRLY, THEY KNOW THEY CAN’T PERSUADE VOTERS THEIR POLICIES ARE BETTER SO THE ONLY THING KEEPING THEM IN POWER IS COLLUSION AND CENSORSHIP. THEY DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY’RE CENSORING. THEY DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW QUITTER WORKS OR HOT REPORTERS

ARE WHO BROKE THE STORY. LISTEN TO THIS. >> IN YOUR ANSWER YOU ALSO SAID THAT YOU WERE INVITED BY A FRIEND BARI WEISS? >> MY FRIEND BARI WEISS. >> SO THIS FRIEND WORKS FOR BITTER OR WHAT IS HER. >> SHE IS A JOURNALIST. >> SORRY, I DIDN’T ASK YOU A QUESTION.

>> I’M NOT ASKING MRS. SHELLENBERGER A QUESTION. >> YES, MA’AM, BARI WEISS IS A JOURNALIST. >> I’M SORRY, SIR. YOU WORK IN CONCERT WITH HER? >> YEAH. >> SO YOU ARE IN THIS AS A THREE-SOME? >> THERE WAS MANY MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAN THAT. >> Jesse: MORE LIKE AN ORGY BUT ANYWAY.

DEMOCRATS GOT CAUGHT CONSPIRING WITH THE FBI AND BIG TECH TO CENSOR FREE SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN DENYING IT. THEY ARE JUST ACCUSING THE REPORTERS WHO BROKE THE STORY OF BEING IN IT FOR THE MONEY AND HOUNDING THEM ABOUT WHO TOLD THEM ABOUT THEIR CORRUPTION.

WHO TOLD YOU I WAS CORRUPT? GIVE ME A NAME. THIS IS COMING FROM THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SPENT YEARS TELLING US NOT TO BULLY THE MEDIA, REMEMBER? AND HOW IMPORTANT THE FREE PRESS WAS TO DEMOCRACY. >> THE FOURTH ESTATE IS VITAL TO A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY. THE NOTION THAT YOU WOULD

THREATEN THEM OR CALL THEM AN ENEMY OF THE STATE OR TRY TO DELEGITIMIZE A PRESS, THAT KIND OF BULLYING BEHAVIOR WE HAVEN’T SEEN TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE SEEN IT RECENTLY. >> WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING RIGHT NOW IS JUST THIS EROSION OF OUR FREEDOMS IN TERMS OF COVERING

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> JOURNALISTS HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR DEMOCRACY IN A TIME LIKE THIS. THE BEST JOURNALISM HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE A STAND. >> Jesse: REALLY? WELL, TRUMP CALLED REPORTERS FAKE NEWS BECAUSE THEY WROTE BOGUS STORIES ABOUT COLLUSION. THAT’S ALL HE DID. HE JUST CALLED THEM PHONIES AND

LIARS. ARE THE DEMOCRATS DOING? THE DEMOCRATS HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO A BREAKING NEWS TEAM OR THREE-SOME. DEMANDING TO SEE SOURCES UNDER OATH. SLAPPING SUBPOENAS ON PRESUMED SOURCES. THESE HONEST REPORTERS BROKE A STORY ABOUT ACTUAL COLLUSION AND BEING STRANGLED AT A HOUSE HEARING. THE OTHER REPORTERS BROKE FAKE STORY GOT BOOK DEALS AND

PULITZER PRIZES. THE FBI SOURCES FOR THE FAKE COLLUSION SCOOPS ARE THE SAME ONES WHO GOT EXPOSED BY THE REAL COLLUSION SCOOP. AND WHAT EXACTLY DID THE DEMOCRATS CENSORSHIP REGIME NOT WANT PEOPLE TO SAY? ARE YOU READY? YOU WEREN’T ALLOWED TO SAY NATURAL IMMUNITY. YOU WEREN’T ALLOWED TO SAY LAB LEAK.

YOU WEREN’T ALLOWED TO SAY HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP AND NOW YOU ARE AGAIN. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SAY WHATEVE

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