Elon Musk is under fire from blue-check journos this morning after he dared to comment on news stories featuring Twitter executives.
“Moments after @elonmusk publicly criticised the work of Twitter policy exec @vijaya, her mentions are full of hateful tweets,” tweeted Dave Lee of the Financial Times. “Is this how he plans to run the company?”
Moments after @elonmusk publicly criticised the work of Twitter policy exec @vijaya, her mentions are full of hateful tweets. Is this how he plans to run the company?
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeFT) April 26, 2022
Um, we *hope* so?
You're not allowed to complain about the (extremely public) decisions made by senior executives at public companies. That might lead to someone being nasty on the internet! https://t.co/DQolmx6svd
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 27, 2022
Lee was responding to what Musk tweeted in response to this Politico article on Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde:
Vijaya Gadde, the top censorship advocate at Twitter who famously gaslit the world on Joe Rogan's podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk takeover pic.twitter.com/WCYmzNEMNt
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) April 26, 2022
There’s nothing even wrong with what Musk tweeted:
Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 26, 2022
So, Musk can’t say this out loud now?
Specifically, Musk said "Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate." Not a claim many people seem eager to contest! But still, you're not allowed to say it out loud, because trolls.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 27, 2022
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And since when does one of the most powerful woman executives in the U.S. need protection from a male journo?
Yet again we have a male journalist who looks at a powerful, accomplished, rich professional woman who has ascended to great career heights — Twitter's top lawyer — and sees a fragile, weak china doll too delicate to be criticized.
It's 1950s sexism masquerading as chivalry. https://t.co/ytu7s9rI9x
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 26, 2022
This “has become such a tiring and dishonest tactic from pro-censorship journalists. Public criticism of someone, especially someone in a position of power, does not make you responsible for what other people say to them”:
This has become such a tiring and dishonest tactic from pro-censorship journalists. Public criticism of someone, especially someone in a position of power, does not make you responsible for what other people say to them. https://t.co/8uUD3ExHI7
— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 26, 2022
There is a second Musk tweet getting called out, this one in response to Mike Cernovich:
Elon Musk has now publicly agreed with and amplified criticisms from the right of two individual Twitter employees today— one accusing its top policy exec of “censorship” and the other accusing a company lawyer of facilitating fraud. pic.twitter.com/NNWyNj03pB
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) April 27, 2022
Cernovich’s crime? Well, he pointed out that Jim Baker — currently with Twitter — is the same Jim Baker who is up to his ears in the Michael Sussmann criminal trial.
“Twitter lawyer Jim Baker, when general counsel of the FBI, personally arranged a meeting between the FBI and Michael Sussmann. In this meeting, Sussmann presented fabricated evidence in the Alfa bank matter”:
Twitter lawyer Jim Baker, when general counsel of the FBI, personally arranged a meeting between the FBI and Michael Sussmann. In this meeting, Sussmann presented fabricated evidence in the Alfa bank matter. @elonmusk, this is who is inside Twitter.
He facilitated fraud. pic.twitter.com/myKOQov3cO
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 27, 2022
Musk responded with, “Sounds pretty bad …”:
Sounds pretty bad …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2022
Don’t get mad at Cernovich over this:
It ain’t me accusing Jim Baker of anything.
It’s literally a criminal trial where he will testify about his role in allowing Sussmann to give fabricated data to the FBI.
You work for WaPo? Lol! https://t.co/aBBupj2c2j
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 27, 2022
And cue the meltdown:
The left is losing their mind. All I did was link to a truthful article about a high level Twitter lawyer, Jim Baker, who facilitated a meeting between a disinformation peddler and the FBI. https://t.co/KIkms9Di4U
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 27, 2022
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