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Listen to This Article: Twitter's Chickens Come Home to Roost

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Apr 19, 2022

The Great Elon Musk panic of 2022 is revealing a big fat boatload of blue-check hypocrites

Narrated by Jared Moore

Text Published 4/14/2022:

TK News by Matt Taibbi

Twitter's Chickens Come Home to Roost

Elon Musk has reportedly attempted to purchase Twitter, and I have no idea whether his influence on the company would be positive or not. I do know, however, what other media figures think Musk’s influence on Twitter will be. They think it will be bad — very bad, bad! How none of them see what a self-own this is is beyond me. After spending the last six years practically turgid with joy as other unaccountable billionaires tweaked the speech landscape in their favor, they’re suddenly howling over the mere rumor that a less censorious fat cat might get to sit in one of the big chairs…

4 years ago · 1139 likes · 654 comments · Matt Taibbi

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