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Every really rich guy needs a media company of some description to provide their narrative control to maintain their wealth. 30 years ago a billionaire would ha
by PaulKeeble 5y ago
Every really rich guy needs a media company of some description to provide their narrative control to maintain their wealth. 30 years ago a billionaire would have bought a newspaper to exert their influence, today you would buy social media sites to achieve the same.
- thejackgoode 5y agoYou are right in general case, but I somehow doubt Musk needs Twitter to achieve narrative control (maybe, as opposed to Bezos with WSJ). It's hardly possible for him to not be able to get across the message. Good public image is evidently his priority, I am just thinking that buying Twitter is not an optimal way to achieve it. He might have something bigger in mind.
- andruby 5y ago> 30 years ago No need to go that far back. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos#The_Washington_Post https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos#The_Washington_Post