Matt Welch

Uh, really, I was only asked one question, uh, really by a Democrat, the entire hearing, which went on for hours. So, um, why were you there and what was the point?

Uh, really, I was only asked one question, uh, really by a Democrat, the entire hearing, which went on for hours. So, um, why were you there and what was the point?

Uh, really, I was only asked one question, uh, really by a Democrat, the entire hearing, which went on for hours. So, um, why were you there and what was the point?

I think Jim Jordan really wanted to underscore that there are continuing issues with the censorship landscape, which coincidentally, Vice President Vance talked about this week, a lot of it having to do with the integration of the United States with sort of foreign and especially European driven censorship regimes like the Digital Services Act or the Online Safety Act or Germany's NetzDG Act.

I think Jim Jordan really wanted to underscore that there are continuing issues with the censorship landscape, which coincidentally, Vice President Vance talked about this week, a lot of it having to do with the integration of the United States with sort of foreign and especially European driven censorship regimes like the Digital Services Act or the Online Safety Act or Germany's NetzDG Act.

I think Jim Jordan really wanted to underscore that there are continuing issues with the censorship landscape, which coincidentally, Vice President Vance talked about this week, a lot of it having to do with the integration of the United States with sort of foreign and especially European driven censorship regimes like the Digital Services Act or the Online Safety Act or Germany's NetzDG Act.

And the United States is still basically in conflict with a lot of those countries and suppressing a lot of forces within our own country that want those kinds of measures here in the US.

And the United States is still basically in conflict with a lot of those countries and suppressing a lot of forces within our own country that want those kinds of measures here in the US.

And the United States is still basically in conflict with a lot of those countries and suppressing a lot of forces within our own country that want those kinds of measures here in the US.

And there's an angle here that's kind of funny. I think the AP doesn't understand that to a certain extent, Trump is trolling exactly them. The AP style book is essentially the glossary of accepted terminology that the entire print journalism industry uses. And when I first started off in print journalism, the style book was fairly static. It would change every now and then.

And there's an angle here that's kind of funny. I think the AP doesn't understand that to a certain extent, Trump is trolling exactly them. The AP style book is essentially the glossary of accepted terminology that the entire print journalism industry uses. And when I first started off in print journalism, the style book was fairly static. It would change every now and then.

And there's an angle here that's kind of funny. I think the AP doesn't understand that to a certain extent, Trump is trolling exactly them. The AP style book is essentially the glossary of accepted terminology that the entire print journalism industry uses. And when I first started off in print journalism, the style book was fairly static. It would change every now and then.

But recently it's become this thing where there are changes constantly where they advise you,

But recently it's become this thing where there are changes constantly where they advise you,

But recently it's become this thing where there are changes constantly where they advise you,

oh try to avoid using the work the word woke if you if you can because it's used in a derogatory fashion by conservatives uh don't refer to the uh sex at birth of a transgender person if you can avoid doing that they're constantly instructing you on usages that go far beyond things like grammar or official names and trump by naming the gulf of mexico the gulf of america like i don't know how i feel about that personally but it's incredibly clear that he's

oh try to avoid using the work the word woke if you if you can because it's used in a derogatory fashion by conservatives uh don't refer to the uh sex at birth of a transgender person if you can avoid doing that they're constantly instructing you on usages that go far beyond things like grammar or official names and trump by naming the gulf of mexico the gulf of america like i don't know how i feel about that personally but it's incredibly clear that he's

oh try to avoid using the work the word woke if you if you can because it's used in a derogatory fashion by conservatives uh don't refer to the uh sex at birth of a transgender person if you can avoid doing that they're constantly instructing you on usages that go far beyond things like grammar or official names and trump by naming the gulf of mexico the gulf of america like i don't know how i feel about that personally but it's incredibly clear that he's

sort of returning in kind, that kind of stuff. And for them to throw a fit over this, it's silly on two levels. Number one, I came up in independent journalism. Nobody ever gave me a credential. You don't need a credential to be a journalist. You can do it, as you say, Megan, from where you are. We're supposed to be on the outside. The tantrum is ridiculous.

sort of returning in kind, that kind of stuff. And for them to throw a fit over this, it's silly on two levels. Number one, I came up in independent journalism. Nobody ever gave me a credential. You don't need a credential to be a journalist. You can do it, as you say, Megan, from where you are. We're supposed to be on the outside. The tantrum is ridiculous.