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It's only click bait if you aren't in Germany and think any non-US election should be labelled as such in a headline. The headline does use the words "research
by troyvit 2y ago
It's only click bait if you aren't in Germany and think any non-US election should be labelled as such in a headline.
The headline does use the words "research" and "potential" in it, because it is literally researching election interference that might come up in Germany.
Given the ... participation that X's owner has engaged in so far regarding German politics [1] [2] [3] it doesn't seem that outrageous.
[1] https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276084/elon-musk-german-far-right-afd-holocaust https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276084/elon-musk-germa...
[2] https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5243166/germany-accuses-elon-musk-of-trying-to-interfere-in-its-national-elections https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5243166/germany-accuses...
[3] https://apnews.com/article/germany-scholz-elon-musk-far-right-afd-95cc5325bde8f5a0065da9dad98da926 https://apnews.com/article/germany-scholz-elon-musk-far-righ...