In the early afternoon yesterday, we heard from a whistleblower: “There will be a full court press coming up against the Twitter files and the reporters,” the person said.

“The press will also be targeting each of you, your histories, and your personal and business connections. This by resistance network folks at the NGO’s and think-tanks.”

Not exactly a message we were happy to hear. But we can’t say we were surprised, either.

[Both Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi have effectively answered what turned out to be largely substanceless criticisms of their reporting. The national media, which has been foursquare behind the censorship efforts in government, have had some fun blowing up the nits picked into the focus of their narrative, but the pushback doesn’t withstand even the most cursory review. — Ed]