Just last week, NBC News’ “dystopia beat” senior reporter Ben Collins sounded the alarm about the havoc that Elon Musk would wreak on our democracy by taking ownership of Twitter.
I talked this morning about Elon Musk, his Paul Pelosi conspiracy theory, and how you lose a democracy in the age of the internet. pic.twitter.com/WLikKY32Ll
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 31, 2022
Of course, today, the threat posed by Elon Musk is infinitely worse. Because today is Election Day, and with Musk in charge of Twitter, the wheels are poised to come off and, if we’re not careful, we could be in for violence of January 6 proportions. But don’t take our word for; take Ben Collins’, who has apparently been talking to people on the inside at Twitter and has learned just how precarious a position our country is in right now:
NBC's Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__): "[Twitter moderators'] whole job in the next few days is to make sure we get through this w/o violence. That’s literally what these people are saying to me. Musk is not committed to this … But people internally I’m talking to are" pic.twitter.com/rzAb1O8dCA
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 8, 2022
Wow, Ben. Thank you for this Very Important Journalism. Your courage has not gone unnoticed.
The tone of his voice as he describes Twitters' ThoughtCops' sense of self-importance is pure comedy gold https://t.co/xHlMAGH2aD
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 8, 2022
He really does think he’s some kind of bold crusader for Truth and Justice.
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Twitter woke scolds are nominating themselves for the Nobel Peace Prize. https://t.co/KAmGdWUK8k
— Small Gov Lizard (@smallgovlizard) November 8, 2022
Twitter wokescolds and journalists (though there’s definitely some overlap there).
Sounded to me like he was going to break down into tears.
— Douglas Dunklin (@DougDunklin) November 8, 2022
He probably waited until the break for that.
He's just a weird dude, it's hard to believe they call him a senior reporter, that's what's wrong with journalism today too many pundits calling themselves reporters
— ANJI USA PASSION🇺🇲🙏😘 (@usa_anji) November 8, 2022
Well said. In fact, partisan pundits masquerading as reporters is literal violence.
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