> For the vast majority of users, it'd be very difficult to put much of a good spin on the past 9 months or so at Twitter.

I really think that "false balance" line is trite and overused. That's just your perspective. Even if most users agreed with you [1], the number of people who felt their voices are being silenced before is definitely quite significant. Giving zero attention to that fact is just plain bias.

[1]: And the numbers are not clear on that. Despite all the ridiculous headlines, Twitter hasn't died yet.