The X owner’s commitment to free-speech absolutism contributed to a whirlwind of false reporting around the perpetrator’s identity, writes Alan Rusbridger. Why does he seem to care so little about the truth?
He offered to buy Twitter for multiple times it’s value because he was trying to pump and dump the stock but he somehow did it in the stupidest way possible so he got forced into actually buying it instead of dumping the stock he had already bought. Even his ego move was about money.
Why does he care so much about lies?
Money
With Elmo, it’s ego. If he cared about money, he wouldn’t have offered to buy Twitter for multiples of its actual value.
He offered to buy Twitter for multiple times it’s value because he was trying to pump and dump the stock but he somehow did it in the stupidest way possible so he got forced into actually buying it instead of dumping the stock he had already bought. Even his ego move was about money.
He’s in the business of selling advertising space. Lies keep eyes on the product through manufacturing outrage.