Headline Roundup • September 27th, 2024
X Suspends Journalist for Publishing Leaked Trump Campaign Document
Summary from the AllSides News Team
X, formerly known as Twitter, blocked links to a campaign document leaked from Donald Trump's presidential campaign by Iran and suspended journalist Ken Klippenstein for posting it. Some accused X owner Elon Musk of hypocrisy and partisanship; X said Klippenstein broke the rules.
The Details: Klippenstein posted the document to Substack on Thursday, calling it "of keen interest in an election season," and posted a link to the Substack article on X; a few hours later, he was suspended. A spokesperson said Klippenstein was banned for posting "unredacted private personal information, specifically Sen. Vance’s physical addresses and the majority of his Social Security number." The document appears to be an evaluation of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-O.H.) before Trump selected him as a running mate.
For Context: In August, U.S. intelligence said Iran had hacked the Trump campaign and sent documents to several news outlets. The ban added fuel to the left perspective in a long-running partisan debate over Musk's impact on free speech as X owner.
How the Media Covered It: Fast Company (Lean Left bias) listed several instances of Musk banning accounts in the past, suggesting his commitment to free speech is weak. New York Post (Lean Right) mentioned a time before Musk took over when its own link to a Hunter Biden laptop story had been blocked by what was then Twitter.
Featured Coverage of this Story
X is blocking links to an independent journalist’s newsletter that published an alleged dossier used to vet JD Vance that is believed to be part of the Iranian government’s hack of the Trump campaign.
The social media platform formerly known as Twitter — now owned by billionaire Elon Musk — also suspended Ken Klippenstein, the journalist behind the newsletter.
Now, when users enter the link to the newsletter in X’s search bar, an error flag tells them to “try searching for something else.”
Newsweek
The X, formerly known as Twitter, account of journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended on Thursday following the release of a dossier about Sen. JD Vance that was allegedly from an Iranian government hack. "Here's the dossier the media refused to publish," Klippenstein wrote in a post earlier. Klippenstein, who is a former reporter at Intercept, published the dossier to his substack website about three hours prior to the account suspension on Thursday. It is still available to be viewed at the time this article was published. "The dossier has been...
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Raw Story
The X (formerly Twitter) account of journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended Thursday after he shared details of a dossier about Sen. (R-OH) that allegedly hacked. "Here's the dossier the media refused to publish," Klippenstein wrote in a post on X soon before his account was suspended. The former Intercept reporter also linked to an article on his website explaining why he published the so-called dossier. "It reportedly comes from an alleged Iranian government hack of the campaign, and since June, the news media has been sitting on it (and other...
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