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I just cancelled my Wall Street Journal subscription over this article. There’s so much going on in the world right but in the front page of WSJ.com are two hit
by DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y ago
I just cancelled my Wall Street Journal subscription over this article. There’s so much going on in the world right but in the front page of WSJ.com are two hit pieces about Elon. First, this article where “board members are worried”, Second, “Mr. Beast rebuffs Elon” even though Mr. Beast would use X for videos if it was financially feasible.
I’ve never been a hater of “mainstream media”, but they are turning out to be ridiculous right now.
Just compare WSJ tabloid to FT.com now and the difference is huge.
- digitcatphd 3y agoMainstream Western media is just a tool for few people to covertly control society. Totalitarian society media is a tool for fewer to blatantly control society. Nothing good can come from it.
- defrost 3y ago"Mainstream media" isn't a monolith, it's filled with many types of content. WSJ is going full bore down the path of most other Murdoch News Corp media properties, less neutral news, more click generating emotional rage bait. ( Okay, technically WSJ is directly a Dow Jones & Company, Inc. asset - but Dow Jones is now just another American publishing firm owned by News Corp.) Give it a few years and they'll have a page three girl. Dennis Potter on Rupert Murdoch's lasting impact on journalism, democracy and politics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRV835XkraI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRV835XkraI
- browserman 3y agoI really don't understand this instinctive urge people have to grovel and simp for wealthy celebrities. Musk is the owner and CEO of one of the most important defense contractors in the country. It is a matter of national strategic importance if he is spending his time coked out of his gourd or neck-deep in a k-hole.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y agoOddly i think he’s less important than you do, but you think I’m simping lol. If you really think Musk’s drug habit is that important, People.com and NYPost Page Six may be closer to your preference. There’s a couple of wars, shipping crisis, antisemitism, airplanes grounded, an upcoming election, employment and inflation numbers that are of more consequence than the private behaviour of Musk.
- NN88 3y agoHunter Biden’s drug use is then unimportant, right? Did we forget that Jared Kushner couldn’t get a security clearance because of his financial black hole?
- CoffeeOnWrite 3y agoExactly! It’s the same distraction as the noise about Hunter’s substance use. I do not care about either.
- leereeves 3y agoSpaceX is one of the most important defense contractors in the country?
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- NN88 3y agoSeveral board members confirmed his drug use affecting his work performance off the record. And you’re blaming Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper for this? This isn’t Gawker, FYI.
- mgiannopoulos 3y agoIf you read the article, none of their sources are board members but “people with knowledge”. Could be anyone. WSJ has a history of bad reporting on Silicon Valley.
- iancmceachern 3y agoI dont know. A famous person with a drug problem. This is famously "good" news. Look at any other celebrity and the in depth coverage of their personal problems. Why should he be any different?
- dns_snek 3y agoHold on, there's a world of difference between recreational drug "use" and having a drug "problem". It seems like Musk is engaging in the former while being painted as having a "problem". And I say that as someone who dislikes him a lot for his other antics.
- iancmceachern 3y agoSome of those things are legal in certain places and circumstances. Coke isn't really either, ever. Especially for an officer of several public companies, some of which have big government contracts. If the CEO of Boeing or Raytheon was acting this way, would we be acting differently? To be clear, the WSJ article linked here states that people are worried he has a problem. Using before going on stage for work is not recreational, it's a problem.
- CoffeeOnWrite 3y agoI would look at the behaviors and decisions made by the CEOs of Boeing and Raytheon. If they meet my expectations I would excuse the substance use. If it’s a problem, it’s a minor problem, not justifying the attention. Elon has a lot of major problems that this distracts from, and creates the suspicion of a media bias against him, which is harmful.
- iancmceachern 3y agoWould employees of their companies, who must do drug tests, be given the same leniency?
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- mgiannopoulos 3y agoDoes the article explain how Musk avoids getting caught by the mandatory drug tests that NASA does to all involved SpaceX employees?
- infamouscow 3y agoIt's no secret. Congress carved out provisions allowing federal contract waivers for virtually every crime you can think of. It includes assault, rape, and murder.
- bookofjoe 3y agoMusk is not an employee.
- qwertox 3y agoCEO, Chair and CTO are employee roles within a company.
- bookofjoe 3y agoemployee: a person who works for an employer; spec. a person employed for wages or a salary under an employment contract, especially at non-executive level. Source: Oxford English Dictionary https://archive.ph/jj8AU https://archive.ph/jj8AU
- mgiannopoulos 3y agoThe drug tests are mentioned in the article.
- thatwasunusual 3y ago> I just cancelled my Wall Street Journal subscription over this article. Is it part of cancel culture to cancel things you don't like?