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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-twitter-files-1234640842/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus... It seem

by mdasen 4y ago

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-twitter-files-1234640842/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus... It seems like this is basically coming from Elon Musk through someone he chose. What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter Is Elon Musk now "sources at Twitter"? There might be some interesting bits in here, but I think it's important to note that this is Musk pushing his agenda. Is this just propaganda? It's being presented as a revelation by an outside reporter who got access to previously secret Twitter Files from "sources". Instead, is it just Musk's agenda being told by another person? Imagine if Zuckerberg hired a PR firm to put out revelations that showed him in a positive light. We'd mock it mercilessly. This seems like basically the same thing, but he grabbed a Substack writer looking who will get paid through subscribers and notoriety rather than by Musk. "I won't pay you, but I'll send everyone to your tweets, Substack, and book where you can make millions," just sounds like hiring a PR firm with extra steps.

remarkEon 4y ago
Not every story is about Elon Musk's ego. This story is about political operatives influencing what social media companies allow on their platform.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  Sounds more like political operatives helping police the platform because it’s in their best interest. You’d have to be hopelessly naive to think that twitter wasn’t already ridiculously left leaning without getting messages from political operatives. The change of owner simply inverted that?
  - remarkEon 4y ago
    "[H]elping" is certainly a gerund to use here. I'm not sure what is meant by the "change of owner" comment, since I think everyone knew that Twitter was left leaning since forever.
    - Aeolun 4y ago
      I mean Musk is jumping pretty far to the right. And all the lefties have just been purged.
- chrisjc 4y ago
  > This story is about political operatives influencing what social media companies allow on their platform. Totally agree... > Not every story is about Elon Musk's ego. BUT! I can't help thinking about how Elon might have a grudge against Biden and $44B might be FU money. The multiple and obvious snubs from the Biden administration against Tesla might certainly be enough to tick him off enough to do something this crazy. While it has been rumored that the reason that Tesla was repeatedly left out of the mix (despite their clear lead in EVs and being an American car company) was due to Tesla not being unionized. Today's events related to the railworkers leave me doubtful.
  - remarkEon 4y ago
    >BUT! I can't help thinking about how Elon might have a grudge against Biden and $44B might be FU money. This sounds like a "you" problem. For whatever reason you have imagined that Musk hates Biden, despite his DoD giving his company billions in guaranteed contracts for space access.
drak0n1c 4y ago
Matt Taibbi was Rolling Stone's (your citation) most influential and rigorous journalist, he documented Wall Street and financial crimes, Goldman Sachs in particular. When holes appeared in Rolling Stone's other stories over the years, his held up. If a source reaching out to and sharing documents and hearsay with a reporter is grounds for dismissing a story - because of imagined personal/ideological/PR alignment - then you would be dismissing 95% of the "Democracy Dies In Darkness" reporting by the Washington Post and New York Times.
lossolo 4y ago
> Is Elon Musk now "sources at Twitter"? https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598864377750306816 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598864377750306816 Probably.

by mdasen 4y ago

remarkEon 4y ago

Not every story is about Elon Musk's ego. This story is about political operatives influencing what social media companies allow on their platform.

Aeolun 4y ago
Sounds more like political operatives helping police the platform because it’s in their best interest. You’d have to be hopelessly naive to think that twitter wasn’t already ridiculously left leaning without getting messages from political operatives. The change of owner simply inverted that?
- remarkEon 4y ago
  "[H]elping" is certainly a gerund to use here. I'm not sure what is meant by the "change of owner" comment, since I think everyone knew that Twitter was left leaning since forever.
  - Aeolun 4y ago
    I mean Musk is jumping pretty far to the right. And all the lefties have just been purged.
chrisjc 4y ago
> This story is about political operatives influencing what social media companies allow on their platform. Totally agree... > Not every story is about Elon Musk's ego. BUT! I can't help thinking about how Elon might have a grudge against Biden and $44B might be FU money. The multiple and obvious snubs from the Biden administration against Tesla might certainly be enough to tick him off enough to do something this crazy. While it has been rumored that the reason that Tesla was repeatedly left out of the mix (despite their clear lead in EVs and being an American car company) was due to Tesla not being unionized. Today's events related to the railworkers leave me doubtful.
- remarkEon 4y ago
  >BUT! I can't help thinking about how Elon might have a grudge against Biden and $44B might be FU money. This sounds like a "you" problem. For whatever reason you have imagined that Musk hates Biden, despite his DoD giving his company billions in guaranteed contracts for space access.

drak0n1c 4y ago

Matt Taibbi was Rolling Stone's (your citation) most influential and rigorous journalist, he documented Wall Street and financial crimes, Goldman Sachs in particular. When holes appeared in Rolling Stone's other stories over the years, his held up. If a source reaching out to and sharing documents and hearsay with a reporter is grounds for dismissing a story - because of imagined personal/ideological/PR alignment - then you would be dismissing 95% of the "Democracy Dies In Darkness" reporting by the Washington Post and New York Times.

lossolo 4y ago

> Is Elon Musk now "sources at Twitter"? https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598864377750306816 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598864377750306816 Probably.