There are ways, techniques, a person could employ, to begin to sort through things, when various accusations or seemingly 'rumour-mongering' is heard (in media).
I say 'media' because, defacto, that's what this discussion is about, Twitter being effectively a large media info distributor.
Statisticians know about this, and the more professional pollsters as well. The approach could include seemingly trivial things to measure; for example if you've spotted neighbor's CAT prowling, every day, in your yard and...God forbid, your birdcage gets raided one early morning. You know it's not 'proof', sure, but you have the numbers, statistics- ish, to suspect.
Bringing that CAT example closer to the Elon Musk debate, (here in this thread), by coincidence, it just hit the news, about Michael Avanatti...14 year sentence. That's a useful event, place to start looking and measuring.
I had done a curseary glance, not too familiar, but apparently Mr. Bannon was convicted of some money related wrongdoing...and so, first thing, first image was the handcuff thing:
'...Steve Bannon appears in federal court to answer charges...' was the news headline .
He gets to have his hand cuff shakles taken off, preparing for days court proceeding.
Perfect, place to start analysis. Because now, the next breaking news features Michael Avanatti, just sentenced to 14 years, yesterday.
Reason for the interest, is that those two former lawyers have been, heavily, associated with the two current 'camps'..., with varied coverage, as Musk has noted in similar events.
First thing, I saw was that photo, Bannon in handcuffs, with two officers right there alongside.
Tried to find similar court photo of Avanatti...No-go on that attempt. What I did come across, in the cursury hour spent looking, was, first thing, Avanatti (2019 photo), 3 years ago now. No hand-cuffs in court appearance.
Oh, and why such an old stock photo? The sentence being yesterday (Monday). I wonder how the handcuff dynamic played out YESTERDAY, and can't easily search that out.
That's the differing, or seemingly, treatment effect, that Musk has pointed out. You need not take sides, partisan style, to perceive that different handling.
Avanatti " has done good things, in life", the judge stated, along with handing down the 14 year prison sentence, yesterday.
No such quote coming up, in the Bannon conviction (my searches).
Another note, attempting to see things in neutral or non-partisan way, for numerical measuring, this morning:
In internet / news outlet TOP STORIES,
In the 9 headlines:
'Trump-linked' lawyer legal troubles...6 articles.
'Democrat-linked' lawyer Avanatti lega troubles (14 year sentence, yesterday)...3 articles.
Those are hard numbers, not some personal preference I brought to the search. The professionals, surely know how to apply that measuring or 'sampling' method, probably far from perfect.
But the professionals know how to filter somewhat, for factors I may have missed, like for example:
The nature of the crime(s) being under court trial might be, legally, dictating when and when not to 'handcuff' a person under trial.
Seemed to me, those two opposing camp lawyers were under very similar charges.