I've seen several pundits and tweets spouting this nonsensical position, but none of them bother to elaborate. Can someone explain the idea behind this?
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Easy. It’s a threat to liberal freedom of lies and censorship of people they disagree with.I've seen several pundits and tweets spouting this nonsensical position, but none of them bother to elaborate. Can someone explain the idea behind this?
That’s kind of a dumb take. Is that the case in every board that plays defensively against a takeover attempt?The public rejections of his offer by members of the board should be a sign the platform’s real worth isn’t fiscal but in controlling narratives.
If you completely ignore the fact he’s offering well above the monetary value, sure.That’s kind of a dumb take. Is that the case in every board that plays defensively against a takeover attempt?
Every takeover offer is above the current stock price. Otherwise they’d get instantly laughed out of the room.If you completely ignore the fact he’s offering well above the monetary value, sure.
Do you think the board’s actions are in the best interest of the shareholders?Every takeover offer is above the current stock price. Otherwise they’d get instantly laughed out of the room.
I don’t have the inside knowledge into Twitter’s financials that they (or Elon) does. I know that the offer is well below the 12 month high, which lends plausibility to the idea that it isn’t that good of an offer. Or at least isn’t an obvious must-accept.Do you think the board’s actions are in the best interest of the shareholders?
They’ve lost money the last two years - a lot of money. Their proposed dilution seems a little nuts if I was a shareholder.I don’t have the inside knowledge into Twitter’s financials that they (or Elon) does. I know that the offer is well below the 12 month high, which lends plausibility to the idea that it isn’t that good of an offer. Or at least isn’t an obvious must-accept.
I don’t mind the back & forth. With numbers this substantial, it’s a financial soap opera at this point. I don’t quite buy his free speech angle but I do think there’s some truth in there about the value of the narrative w/ a media platform. Look at the Hunter Biden fiasco. I don’t think it would have swung the election but several outlets did actively suppress the story for a reason.They lost money last year due to a one time hit from a lawsuit. In 2018 they made 1.2B and in 2019 they made 1.4B in profit. You could pretty easily say that 2020 and 2021 were hammered by an advertising downturn due to Covid and that they ought to get back to strong profits.
I’m playing devil’s advocate here. I don’t really have an opinion as to if Elon’s offer is good for shareholders, only that I don’t think it’s a no brainer.
Sure. Might have been because it hadn't been corroborated.several outlets did actively suppress the story for a reason.
Bahahahahahahahaha!!!Sure. Might have been because it hadn't been corroborated.
You're a lying idiot trumptard oath breaker.THe issue is social media and the news media are in bed with liberal Democrats. All you have to do is look back at the period of 2015 to 2020. They march in step with them, cover for them, and produce the most popular man in history who can barely form a sentence and has to have the Easter Bunny deflect him away from questions. They cover for it and are basically just a wing of the liberal Democrats. Same for Hollywood.
The feel a man like Musk is a threat to that bond. They don't want alternative voices or opinions because it exposes them for who they are.
That last part is the rub. I consider government forcing speech to be an abridgement of free speech. If we consider Twitter to be a publisher, government would then be abridging freedom of the press, it's really no different than the government telling a book publisher what they should publish.I don't have a good solution though. I'm sensitive to the private rights of a company and on the other hand I don't love the idea of heavy handed input from the government telling twitter it must allow all tweets.
All twitter has to do is be honest. That’s the big rub. Come out and say hell yeah we censor shit we don’t agree with. Instead we get platitudes that everyone knows are falsNo one has a right to "free speech" on twitter. There is a gray zone with publisher versus platform, but until we get new laws, new court rulings, etc....Twitter can do what it wants.
I don't know the solution, but I view Twitter as the de facto new public/town square. I don't view the general "internet" as that square, as the that to me is like saying the general outdoors (the woods, the park, the streets) is the internet....where people go for information and discussion is twitter/town square. It makes me very uncomfortable that some entity (be it the government, or the company, or what I believe we see now - the company and the govt in lock step) can control speech at that town square.
I don't have a good solution though. I'm sensitive to the private rights of a company and on the other hand I don't love the idea of heavy handed input from the government telling twitter it must allow all tweets.