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Twitter Suspends CNN, WaPo, Times Reporters Who Cover Elon<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images</p> <p>Following its suspension of @ElonJet, Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists from CNN, <em>The New York Times </em>and <em>The</em> <em>Washington Post</em>. </p> <p>Liberal journalist Aaron Rupar, Ryan Mac<em> </em>of the <em>Times, </em>Drew Harwell of<em> The Post</em> and CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, who have all covered Twitter owner Elon Musk, were booted off the social media platform Thursday night. (The accounts for Keith Olbermann, Twitter competitor site Mastodon, and Mashable’s Matt Binder also appeared to be suspended.) </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603551884748460034">Rupar told NBC News</a> that he had “no idea” what prompted the suspension. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-twitter-suspends-cnn-washington-post-new-york-times-reporters-who-cover-elon-musk?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Following its suspension of @ElonJet, Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Liberal journalist Aaron Rupar, Ryan Mac of the Times, Drew Harwell of The Post and CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, who have all covered Twitter owner Elon Musk, were booted off the social media platform Thursday night. (The accounts for Keith Olbermann, Twitter competitor site Mastodon, and Mashable’s Matt Binder also appeared to be suspended.)

Rupar told NBC News that he had “no idea” what prompted the suspension.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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