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This is after last week Reuters claimed that Elon Musk was under a federal investigation, which the White House later denied. (Almost no one reported the denial

This is after last week Reuters claimed that Elon Musk was under a federal investigation, which the White House later denied. (Almost no one reported the denial.) I'd wait for more information before jumping to conclusions. Between the regular pro-Russian reporting and this and other issues I've found Reuters to be a highly unreliable source recently. They're very hit and miss. Important also to look at the stock market. There's zero blip on the stock ticker from this news, which means that basically no one who owns decent amounts of TSLA stock care about this. Which generally means that they know something that's not in this article.

therouwboat 4y ago
"WILMINGTON, Del., Oct 13 (Reuters) - Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday. While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes was and which federal authorities are conducting them." They are reporting what the court filing said, what are they supposed to do?
- mlindner 4y ago
  > They are reporting what the court filing said, what are they supposed to do? Maybe put a modicum of effort into verifying comments put forward by an antagonist in a court case? Lawyers regularly lie or twist the truth in an attempt to push their case forward.
  - pvg 4y ago
    They source is clearly identified - they're reporting on a court case which involves, you know, reporting what the parties say in court.
ncallaway 4y ago
> which the White House later denied I don't think the White House denied that Elon Musk was under investigation. It would be...completely inappropriate for the White House to comment on specific investigations from the FBI or DOJ. Rather, the White House denied that there was a national security review of Elon Musk's projects. That's important, but very distinct from a denial that there are no investigations of Elon Musk. It's also a subject matter that is much more appropriate for the White House to comment on.
- mlindner 4y ago
  > I don't think the White House denied that Elon Musk was under investigation. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1584648258130829317 https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1584648258130829317 I'll let the White House press secretary speak.
  - pvg 4y ago
    That statement is about a national security review. What Reuters report do you think this disputes? Reuters reported on an investigation claim made by others in court: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-under-federal-investigation-tied-twitter-deal-twitter-court-filing-2022-10-13/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-under-federa...
  - gpm 4y ago
    "There's a lot of interest in this. We heard those reportings, those reportings are not true, so we'll leave that there. The national security review, that is not true and I really don't have more to say on that piece, on Elon Musk and what he's choosing to do and not to do, I'm not going to say more from here". Which... sounds exactly like what the person you are replying to was saying.
  - ncallaway 4y ago
    Thank you for posting this clip to support my point. I encourage everyone to click the tweet and listen to its contents, and compare it to my comment.

therouwboat 4y ago

"WILMINGTON, Del., Oct 13 (Reuters) - Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday. While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes was and which federal authorities are conducting them." They are reporting what the court filing said, what are they supposed to do?

mlindner 4y ago
> They are reporting what the court filing said, what are they supposed to do? Maybe put a modicum of effort into verifying comments put forward by an antagonist in a court case? Lawyers regularly lie or twist the truth in an attempt to push their case forward.
- pvg 4y ago
  They source is clearly identified - they're reporting on a court case which involves, you know, reporting what the parties say in court.

ncallaway 4y ago

> which the White House later denied I don't think the White House denied that Elon Musk was under investigation. It would be...completely inappropriate for the White House to comment on specific investigations from the FBI or DOJ. Rather, the White House denied that there was a national security review of Elon Musk's projects. That's important, but very distinct from a denial that there are no investigations of Elon Musk. It's also a subject matter that is much more appropriate for the White House to comment on.

mlindner 4y ago
> I don't think the White House denied that Elon Musk was under investigation. https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1584648258130829317 https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1584648258130829317 I'll let the White House press secretary speak.
- pvg 4y ago
  That statement is about a national security review. What Reuters report do you think this disputes? Reuters reported on an investigation claim made by others in court: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-under-federal-investigation-tied-twitter-deal-twitter-court-filing-2022-10-13/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-under-federa...
- gpm 4y ago
  "There's a lot of interest in this. We heard those reportings, those reportings are not true, so we'll leave that there. The national security review, that is not true and I really don't have more to say on that piece, on Elon Musk and what he's choosing to do and not to do, I'm not going to say more from here". Which... sounds exactly like what the person you are replying to was saying.
- ncallaway 4y ago
  Thank you for posting this clip to support my point. I encourage everyone to click the tweet and listen to its contents, and compare it to my comment.