Democrats criticize Elon Musk for suspending journalists covering Twitter
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress had harsh words for Elon Musk on Thursday night after Twitter suddenly suspended a number of high-profile journalist s who have been covering the company and Musk, its billionaire CEO. "The gall of @elonmusk to ban respectable journalist s doing important work from his platform while parading as some sort of champion of free speech is, quite frankly, detestable," tweeted Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. "I’d ask if he feels any shame, but meaningful self-reflection may simply be beyond his capacity." Ryan Mac of The New York Times, Donie O’Sullivan of CNN, Drew Harwell of The Washington Post, Matt Binder of Mashable, Micah Lee of The Intercept, Steve Herman of Voice of America and independent journalist s Aaron Rupar, Keith Olbermann and Tony Webster all had their accounts suspended as of Thursday evening. Musk indicated that the suspensions stemmed from the platform’s new rules banning private jet trackers. Twitter began sus...