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Musk shares lurid conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack
- Comevius 4y agoHe apparently linked a conspiracy theory from Santa Monica Observer about how the hammer attack was not due to right-wing extremism, but Paul Pelosi having a liaison with a male sex worker.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoSanta Monica Observer appears to be classic fake news: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/2022/10/30/santa-monica-observer-offline-after-elon-musk-tweet/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/2022/10/30/santa-monica-obser...
- Comevius 4y agoIt is, but it was created for business (smobserver.com) around a California law that requires business owners to publish a statement in a newspaper of general circulation when registering or changing a fictitious business name, so they made a newspaper (smobserved.com) and charge $149.00 for publishing your statement. The "newspaper" has an opinion section and this is the "article" Musk linked. The "article" suggests that the person assaulting Paul Pelosi is a radical gay male prostitute. https://www.smobserved.com/story/2022/10/29/opinion/the-awful-truth-paul-pelosi-was-drunk-again-and-in-a-dispute-with-a-male-prostitute-early-friday-morning/7191.html https://www.smobserved.com/story/2022/10/29/opinion/the-awfu...
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- tjpnz 4y agoOf course he did. The big news outlets are predictably starting to pick it up too. I wonder how many advertisers Twitter stands to lose from the ensuing shitstorm.
- dekhn 4y agoShades of "pedophile"
- throwaway5947 4y agoI still find it hard to believe that this is the same person that gave us SpaceX and Tesla.
- petilon 4y agoIt is sad... one of the most admirable technologists on the planet is also a total jerk.
- tgv 4y agoAnd for how long has he been in control of twitter?