Another connection: Expect Musk to selectively gather a biased selection of government documents and then leak them to sympathetic mouthpieces, which would be a

Another connection: Expect Musk to selectively gather a biased selection of government documents and then leak them to sympathetic mouthpieces, which would be a direct repeat of his hoax with the "Twitter Files." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbook-comes-for-the-us-government/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/the-twitter-files-playbo... _______ > [Musk's] playbook then was simple: hand-pick credulous journalists, give them selective access to internal documents, and let confirmation bias do the rest. > We reported extensively on what was revealed in “The Twitter Files” and the answer was abso-fucking-lutely nothing. The documents revealed thoughtful policy discussions and principled content moderation approaches, not the scandal Musk promised. > Yet thanks to relentless repetition by right-wing media and congressional allies, many remain absolutely 100% convinced the Twitter Files exposed massive wrongdoing on an epic scale. > Now, we should expect the same with this government takeover.