Apparently Twitter, X or whatever Musk calls it today, has chased off some more brands that have chosen to suspend advertising on the platform after their ads were placed next to pro-Nazi content. Why does any brand still run ads on that platform?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/tech/x-ads-pro-nazi-account-brand-safety/index.html

 

Days ago, I heard that Musk was removing the block feature. Now, I am hearing that he’s blocked a number of people. The mess over in those Twitter streets has me hollering.

Ronan Farrow strikes again, @DramatistDreamer @DRW50

As always, use archive.is to bypass the paywall if you encounter one.

27 minutes ago, Vee said:

Ronan Farrow strikes again, @DramatistDreamer @DRW50

As always, use archive.is to bypass the paywall if you encounter one.

Okay, so it makes sense now. I had been hearing that two Tesla employees (former?) were suspected of passing along files that divulged some incriminating information about Musk to a reporter.

Thanks @Vee . Ronan has a bit of a rep as a giant-slayer, overhype or not, but Musk seems too ossified to ever go anywhere. Still, having more documentation on just what a deeply dangerous person he is is important. 

He is now turning against more of his insecure grievance peddlers like Catturd and James Woods over his plans to get rid of the block feature. 

The other thing about Elon, as shown when Succession tried to base a character on him in their last few seasons, is that for all his delusions of grandeur, he's incredibly dull. 

Seems as if Don Lemon is expressing some schadenfreude at Chris Licht’s exit at CNN.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/don-lemon-vindicated-chris-licht-cnn-1235570155/

Not a surprise, but still, what a [!@#$%^&*] joke...and so brazen too.

 

^^ These folks will go anywhere for a freebie. These are these same media people who promoted Rodney’s ridiculous notions of “makers and takers”. Well, if anyone can be called a “taker”, then surely, it’s them.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

^^ These folks will go anywhere for a freebie. These are these same media people who promoted Rodney’s ridiculous notions of “makers and takers”. Well, if anyone can be called a “taker”, then surely, it’s them.

Bash is also, as a few people mentioned, one of the main media voices who kept going on about Trump's "new tone."

12 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Bash is also, as a few people mentioned, one of the main media voices who kept going on about Trump's "new tone."

Just disgusting. This country is still digging out of so much mess that the Trump administration has created, but I doubt she and those of her ilk would report on this, they are too busy at the trough. This is why I can’t watch CNN or cable news in general, its rare that they inform the public what we actually need to know. Just a bunch of access journalists.

 

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Bash is also, as a few people mentioned, one of the main media voices who kept going on about Trump's "new tone."

She also got annoyed when she was regularly roasted for being obsessed with it - I remember her trying it on one more time last election and snippily noting that people would get on her for it again.

Coulter has a history of wishing violence and death on NYT personnel. Not that those who run the place care, clearly.

 

 

 

The WaPo article is, refreshingly, non-paywalled. You can run the VF article through archive.is, or just click here.