Has Twitter Had a Far-Right Bent for Years? Are #TheTwitterFiles a Fraud? The Debate Leads to Strange Words About Me By “Dilbert” Creator Scott Adams and Even Elon Musk Himself

If you work on controversial topics, you draw attention from polarizing people. But my debunking of a major #TwitterFiles meme led to odder interactions than I expected—and some explosive revelations.

ABOVE: Scott Adams.

Introduction

My late father, Robert Abramson, was a huge fan of Dilbert. This was before that well-known comic strip’s creator, Scott Adams, transformed himself seemingly overnight from a visual artist into an ersatz political pundit. My dad was a moderate Democrat in his retirement, and certainly he detested Donald Trump, so I know he…