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NYT bestselling Trump biographer. Lawyer. Songwriter. Journalism professor (retired). More: https://t.co/C61aEoBmYZ, https://t.co/j6EVBmIW3k

May 15, 2024, 31 tweets

(THREAD) It’s important that everyone RETWEET this thread. As some of you know, Elon Musk has been on a deranged tear trying to destroy one of the most reliable news sources in the world, REUTERS. The recent reports in this thread are the ones Musk doesn’t want *anyone* to share.

1/ REUTERS: Musk’s Neuralink Has Faced Issues With Its Tiny Wires For Years reuters.com/technology/mus…

2/ REUTERS: The Inside Story of Elon Musk’s Mass Firings of Tesla Supercharger Staff reuters.com/business/autos…

3/ Again, all the stories I’m posting in this thread have *just* come out and are absolutely *devastating* for Musk.

He’s trying to destroy REUTERS because the news service has had the audacity to report on his malfeasance.

Don’t let him get away with this. RETWEET this thread.

4/ REUTERS: Elon Musk Ordered to Testify Again in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Probe of Twitter Takeover reuters.com/legal/us-feder…

5/ REUTERS: Musk’s SpaceX Is Quick to Build in Texas, Slow to Pay Its Bills reuters.com/technology/spa…

6/ REUTERS is publishing so many devastating reports on Musk in quick succession that it’s reasonable to wonder whether a whistleblower inside Musk’s operation is involved. Certainly, Musk has recruited a troll army here at Twitter to try to discredit REUTERS’ accurate reporting.

7/ REUTERS: The Musk Industrial Complex reuters.com/investigates/s…

8/ REUTERS: In Tesla Autopilot Probe, American Prosecutors Focus on Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud reuters.com/business/autos…

9/ It seems clear from these recent REUTERS reports that REUTERS believes—as I do, and as I think Americans broadly writ increasingly do—that Elon Musk is one of the most dishonest men alive, and quite possibly one of the most dangerous to the continuation of our civilization.

10/ REUTERS: Tesla Scraps Low-Cost Car Plans Amid Fierce Chinese EV Competition reuters.com/business/autos…

11/ REUTERS: Musk’s SpaceX Is Building Spy Satellite Network reuters.com/technology/spa…

12/ I’ve been researching Musk in contemplation of a book on the man for over a year—and will soon publish at PROOF a report on his adoption of an extremely dangerous, deranged bundle of ideas known as TESCREALism.

Very few people understand how far off the deep end Musk is now.

13/ REUTERS: Tesla Tries Legal ‘Band-Aid’ to Revive Musk’s Huge Pay Deal reuters.com/legal/tesla-tr…

14/ REUTERS: Wall Street Wants Answers From Elon Musk on Tesla’s Model 2 Car reuters.com/business/autos…

15/ How the hell does a single news service, REUTERS, get *so many* damning exclusives about Elon Musk over just a several-week period? I’ve no idea. I suspect Musk has no idea, either. Which is why he’s desperately trying to napalm one of the most reliable news sources on Earth.

16/ REUTERS: Elon Musk’s Tesla Overhaul Hits the Very ‘Executive Bench’ He Once Touted reuters.com/business/autos…

17/ REUTERS: Tesla Threatened to Fire Law Firm in Bid to Block a Critic of Elon Musk’s Compensation Package reuters.com/legal/transact…

18/ Many Twitter users have been saying that they would like to see Maggie Haberman—recently revealed as little more than a Donald Trump stenographer—return her Pulitzer Prize. I’ve no opinion on that, but if it does get returned, can it be given to REUTERS for its Musk coverage?

19/ REUTERS: Tesla Plans to Cut 600+ More Jobs in California, Notice to Government Says reuters.com/technology/tes…

20/ REUTERS: Tesla Strike in Sweden Heats Up As Nation’s Largest Union Joins Fray reuters.com/business/autos…

21/ These are all *recent* reports. They raise questions:

(i) Are there *any* Musk companies that are *not* flailing?
(ii) How many lawsuits is Musk now the target of?
(iii) How many state and federal investigations is Musk the target of?
(iv) Why does *anyone* support this man?

22/ REUTERS: Tesla Is Sued Over Emissions From California Plant reuters.com/legal/tesla-is…

23/ REUTERS: Australian Regulator Says Musk’s Twitter Should Not Set the Limits of Internet Law reuters.com/technology/aus…

24/ Given all these reports—including many reports on Musk’s use of drugs and bizarre public and private behavior—it’s no wonder that he’s being radicalized by far-right white supremacists in real time, and appears to be having some sort of mental breakdown.

It’s scary to watch.

25/ REUTERS: Elon Musk’s Twitter Loses Lawsuit Against Israeli Company reuters.com/legal/musks-x-…

26/ REUTERS: Protesters Attempt to Storm Tesla Plant in Germany reuters.com/world/europe/p…

27/ REUTERS may be the one indispensable news service in journalists’ ongoing fight to uncover the seemingly endless malfeasance of the world’s second-richest man. So him trying to destroy it is terrifying. Plus we see this idiocy from a Musk stooge he’s now gleefully amplifying:

28/ REUTERS: Reuters Wins Polk Award for Coverage of Elon Musk’s Business Empire

REUTERS has a Polk Award for this reporting; it deserves (another) Pulitzer beyond the ones it already has for this run of reporting on Musk.

It clearly has Musk terrified. reuters.com/business/media…

29/ REUTERS: Musk Decision to Leave Knife Attack Video on Twitter Prompts Police Terror Warning reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

30/ If Musk doesn’t want you to see something, it’s probably not just 100% accurate but desperately important—and harrowingly damaging to him in a way he richly deserves. Please do go back and RETWEET the first tweet in this thread so the world can see the man for who he is. /fin

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