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The founder and editor of the right-wing Gateway Pundit website has been permanently banned from Twitter, leaving the liberal left "thrilled" and conservatives wondering who will be silenced next.
The @gatewaypundit Twitter handle belonging to Jim Hoft with more than 375,000 followers was abruptly banned on Saturday night. "The account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of our civic integrity policy," a Twitter spokesperson confirmed in a brief statement.
Twitter did not clarify which violation was the last straw, as the account seemed to be not very active recently. The conservative publication itself has long faced criticism from the left for pushing "lies" and "conspiracies."
Twitter's recently updated civic integrity policy introduces a system of strikes and increasingly severe punishments, among other things, for pushing "disputed claims that could undermine faith in the process itself, such as unverified information about election rigging, ballot tampering, vote tallying, or certification of election results."
"Oh s**t they got my boss," journalist and Pundit contributor Cassandra Fairbanks tweeted. In response to 'you're next!' threats, she quipped that from now on she will be careful not to wrongthink and will only tweet the opposite of what she believes.
Liberals celebrated the ban, many openly delighting, while others wondered what took Twitter so long.
Some sought to justify the move, not as the latest act of censorship of conservative voices, but rather a sincere desire by a private corporation to "limit the spread of dangerous disinformation."
Donald Trump and other fans are expressing support for Lou Dobbs after the sudden cancellation of his "number one news program" on Fox News, but liberals are so giddy they want other conservatives like Sean Hannity pulled.
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Dobbs has been retweeting other messages of support since his cancellation, including some that are critical of Fox's decision and chalk the move up to the network attempting to steer itself away from Trump-supporting conservatives.
Liberals have meanwhile flooded social media, celebrating not only Dobbs' cancellation, but calling for boycotts and the firing of some of Fox's other biggest hosts and most vocal conservatives, including Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson.
"Crazy works... until it doesn't. If @FoxNews were wise, this should be beginning of house-cleaning. Clearly, there's a market for conservative TV, but with truth and sanity cemented in its foundation. January 6th changed the equation. If they are to survive, they must change too," journalist Ron Mott tweeted.
Controversial veteran reporter Dan Rather predicted Dobbs was just the beginning, as did other media pundits, some noting that Dobbs' high ratings should have been a "shield" and likely signify a major shift for Fox.
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