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Dan GillmorDear journalists who persist in supporting a company whose sociopath CEO loathes you: Here's his latest expression of contempt.
OK, back to business as usual...
bergmayer@dangillmor I assume this is way of “denying” the stories about him that he can’t actually deny because they happened in front of lots of people
DinCA 🏳️🌈 🎾 🐶 🖖🥄@dangillmor Thae response should be, Elon, and some of the dumbest people I know actually believe you.
`Da Elf@djisin415 @dangillmor You beat me to it.
Riley S. Faelan@dangillmor: One of these days, Melon will figure out how to spell "Lügenpresse", that Nazi alto-dogwhistle. 
Robert J. Berger@dangillmor And why does so many news outlets still do Twitter quotes for regular stories in their print and video reports. Each time they give more power back to Musk
Topcat4everPossibly as proof ?
System IV, Building K@dangillmor @deannapizzuti “Actively believe”? WTF is that even supposed to mean?
Steve, M0LFOOn the plus side we now know for a fact he's a full-on, right-wing, conspiraloon. Somewhat dangerous given the amount of sycophants.
@goodthinking @dangillmor @deannapizzuti
It means , "while their brains are out jogging , they are believing"...
D2@goodthinking @dangillmor @deannapizzuti I passively believe we are in the midst of a not-so-passive fascist takeover of media and education.
@goodthinking @dangillmor @deannapizzuti Agreed, educated people can think critically and realize when they are being fed propaganda. When you take away education they cannot do that.
@d2 @dangillmor @deannapizzuti Or you disguise, remove, or replace it with fake education. cf., Florida. Why is this accepted? I’m too old for this shit.
@goodthinking @dangillmor @deannapizzuti I'm honestly surprised there aren't mass walkouts and strikes on state college campuses and public schools in FL. How is it tolerable to continue working under these circumstances?
@d2 @dangillmor @deannapizzuti I’m working on a theory that concerns local comfort. If you can return to a comfortable home at the end of any “crazy” day, you unwittingly support the crazy. To accept the narrative, on any level, is to support it.
It’s hard to swallow (I am right there in it).
My mom and dad were public librarians and I am glad for them that they are dead now.
Ian McKellar@dangillmor
They amplify the voices of the same right wing figures that lash out about the "mainstream media". I guess one version of journalistic ethics involves covering toxic liars if they're powerful?
They amplify the voices of the same right wing figures that lash out about the "mainstream media". I guess one version of journalistic ethics involves covering toxic liars if they're powerful?
Tan_Hana_Dharma_Mangrwa@dangillmor "Sure, we should only trust me and my Twitter," says the king who wear no clothes.
𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒾𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒@dangillmor How does one inactively believe the press? This guy... Ugh. He thought he said something.
0x4E4448@dangillmor So you’re upset that he finds it amazing that believe a press that is regularly wrong and seemingly intentionally wrong to push a narrative they approve of?
Brian Sullivan@dangillmor I'm pretty sure it's driven by money and ego. It's not the journalistic foot soldiers making the decisions ... it's the media corporation.
Derek@dangillmor The smartest people I know think "the press" is a useless, even obfuscating, term.
mattlqx@dangillmor Some of the dumbest people I know post about disbelieving the press. 😆
Kevin C. Smith🖖@dangillmor I'd take that as a clue I could be wrong. But, maybe I'm wrong about that.
Pro-Anti-Everything@dangillmor he lies as much as the press. They’re both chodes.
Darren Tapp@dangillmor One thing great thing about using #mastodon is that I'm not worried that information about a CEO is being censored.
xs4me2Seems the Nazi is ripe for the loony bin... where he can join agent Orange, his disciples and the other far right GOP members... oh wait they are all on Twitter already.
This seems like a great plan to distort/disable the largest megaphone around for critical voices and journalism. Please walk away from this shitshow.
Jolene Hanson@dangillmor his game is chaos, anarchy and apocalypse. That’s what he’s betting on
I feel a story about Elmo about to hit a major newspaper outlet....
Someone is shiteing themselves..
gimulnautti@dangillmor @HannaEsmeralda_ I liked him better when he was only fooling us to believe he’s a great engineer.
Now with this political alternate reality generator, whatever he is (because he can’t even run for office), it’s all just too obvious.
Young Gamer@dangillmor this is true
BlueintheSouth@dangillmor only amazing if you're an a**hoIe
0xNut 
@dangillmor some of the smartest billionaires I know actually believe in conspiracy theories.🤔
FreediverX@hexnut @dangillmor
The problem there is the false assumption that one must be an all-knowing genius to become a billionaire. Billionaires are just privileged psychopaths who’ve excelled at manipulating the capitalist economic model to their advantage. It’s not a marker of wisdom or general intelligence.
The problem there is the false assumption that one must be an all-knowing genius to become a billionaire. Billionaires are just privileged psychopaths who’ve excelled at manipulating the capitalist economic model to their advantage. It’s not a marker of wisdom or general intelligence.
Agora@dangillmor some people are attracted to toxic relationships where their partner loathes them. This is what's happening here. It's a disordered relationship.
Kingkutu 254🇰🇪 :Verified:
John Yates@dangillmor I logged out of twitter last November and refuse to look up my password. So far I have no inclination to go back. Everyone should leave. #Politics
BogeyBillSome smart people I know usually disbelieve journalists. Also amazing.
Shoq 🌿It often makes me wonder what a Twitter feed in Berlin, circa 1938, might have looked like. And what Fraulein Dowd would be tweeting about.
Salman Qureshi 
@dangillmor I don't believe why people won't understand
That Guy Angelo@dangillmor Elon Musk is going to start his own newspaper and put that pesky Daily Planet out of business!
KevinFlynn 
@dangillmor
I've got him blocked on Twitter... I expect it won't be long before they remove that ability
I've got him blocked on Twitter... I expect it won't be long before they remove that ability
Betterifyouneil
Brian Helman@dangillmor It would make sense, since the dumbest people I know believe Elon Musk.
SloanLA@dangillmor Some of the dumbest people I know still believe things Elon says.
PunnO)))@dangillmor After greedily lapping it up every time Trump shit on them for the last eight years, I expect nothing.
FlameSkimmer@dangillmor Journalist bailing on Twitter would be so …. Finally!!
nobodyzhome 
That man is toxic.
Jeff@dangillmor we believe anyone over musk
Per Funke@dangillmor
This (Elons statement) is implying he isn't among the smartest if you believe in reciprocity.
This (Elons statement) is implying he isn't among the smartest if you believe in reciprocity.
Joe Słowik@dangillmor from a sourcing/awareness perspective I get why folks need to monitor 
- but that so many still actively contribute to it given the direction its owner is pushing the org astounds me.
- but that so many still actively contribute to it given the direction its owner is pushing the org astounds me.
John Breen@dangillmor Someone once said to Voltaire :
"Mastodon is hard"
Voltaire replied : "Compared with what?"
"Mastodon is hard"
Voltaire replied : "Compared with what?"
Alan K. Martinez@dangillmor I'm confused...
He's hanging out with Rupert Murdoch.
Rupert Murdoch owns Fox News.
Fox News claims to be part of "the press" (I'm assuming) because they're supposed to be reporting "the news".
Is he saying we're not supposed to believe in "the press/news"? So he doesn't believe in what Rupert Murdoch is delivering or is he saying that you can't believe in what Fox News is reporting?
I mean I don't pay much attention to Fox News anyway but it's odd coming from this guy...