Mattydickpics Goes To Washington

as usual, in Glennist philosophy there's Glenn, Glenn supporters and supporters of the "US Security State" https://t.co/CfeMFg3fQS

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 10, 2023

This is going to be the first takeaway from mattydickpics Day In Congress: How Mean The Democrats Were To A Journalist.

Area Substacker gives his seal of approval for #MattyDickPics' dick pics and other lies.

Unsurprisingly, he agrees with Matty that being the instrument of RUSSIAN intelligence is all a part of journalism. pic.twitter.com/DFHqmMqVWB

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 9, 2023

Mean how? By asking for his sources.

BREAKING: Elon Musk says he let the butler give away private information covered by the FTC consent decree.

😜 pic.twitter.com/5eZJySy25a

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 9, 2023

If this is all they’ve got…

**Protect the identity of the henchman of the richest man in the world who will NOT be fired for sharing docs but who might face accountability from regulators for violating the privacy of actual users.** https://t.co/mCdWgOPYi8

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 9, 2023

...they’ve got nothing.

And no, mattydickpics is not a journalist. He’s just another self-serving opportunist. Partly because he keeps trying to make the “Twitter Files” a noble effort at an important expose. It’s not:

Incidentally only one of these things is actually illegal and the fact that we are having show hearings about the one that isn’t tells you everything you need to know: It’s only OK to conceal info from voters, and break the law doing it, if it helps GOP win elections

— Asha O’Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 10, 2023

And in no small part because emptywheel is right to call him mattydickpics. He’s earned that.