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Casey NewtonThis is completely false. We stand by our reporting
H@caseynewton TORCH HIS ASS, CASEY
Chris Messina@caseynewton is the status of your source also different than he claims? (I presume yes since you said "completely false")?
Matt Brown@chrismessina @caseynewton it would be very unusual to just use one source for a story like this. Also the level of provided detail in this story makes the "bogus" label incredibly unlikely.
⛈️ Information ⛈️@chrismessina @caseynewton It seems very plausible that Elon Musk would fire someone for pointing out his one word quote tweets are so mid that even his supporters have packed up and left.
George Liquor, American
Ian McKellar@chrismessina @caseynewton
I don't think Casey will be commenting on the identity of his confidential sources. That would be inappropriate.
I don't think Casey will be commenting on the identity of his confidential sources. That would be inappropriate.
@ian @caseynewton I don't expect him to, but given Elon's rebuttal, it might be useful to understand if the sourcing is from a current or past employees. I realize that too may jeopardize the sourcing.
@chrismessina @caseynewton
Casey's credibility is based on his reputation. His reputation is based on the past veracity of his reporting and his demonstration of journalistic ethics - such as not revealing his sources. Jeopardizing his sources would make me trust the story *less*.
On the other hand Musk has had to settle fraud charges on the basis of his tweets before. I see no reason to trust this "rebuttal" more than Tesla Autopilot being ready in 2018.
@ian @caseynewton fair. Perhaps I'm more interested in whether 1) the source was already planning to leave Twitter (presuming that is true) 2) whether Casey knew that when he talked to this source.
Also, I actually kind of don't care because the net-net of it is that Elon wants more views and took actions to get more views, meanwhile my views have gone down so regardless of the source, Elon is ruining Twitter. 😬
@chrismessina @caseynewton would you trust someone who wasn't planning to leave Twitter?
@ian @caseynewton it might explain why they were willing to talk to Casey and also provide a sense for the internal morale (i.e. Elon told on himself).
Bea Furniss@chrismessina @caseynewton I thought it’s traditional to have more than one source to collaborate a story. So even if one source does have the status Musk states, that would suggest there are 2 other people out there without that status.
@BeaFurniss typically, yes. Not always. Regardless, there aren’t that many people left and that makes it much easier to be found out. There’s just less risk to one’s employment if they’re already leaving, as Musk asserts.
Renée@chrismessina There are multiple sources, and informally what I read there is backed up by what Twitter employees are saying on forums like Blind anyway. No chance Musk has a leg to stand on, he's just trying to get in front of bad press the usual way: being a shithead. @caseynewton
Joe ❌👑@chrismessina @caseynewton The last quote in the article says it is from a current employee, so Musk is wrong. Clearly the article had multiple sources. Perhaps Musk's tweet describes *one* source.
Ryan Singel@caseynewton
The baby is having another tantrum and it's 1000x louder
The baby is having another tantrum and it's 1000x louder
Karin Sorenby
Gage Randall@ryansingel honestly, facts.
Tricia
monorail times@caseynewton just like how someone attacked his child as soon as he left the airport, why would anyone ever believe Elon?
Carrie@monorailtimes @caseynewton Just like tfg, Musk is completely and deliberately full of ****.
Lonewolf@monorailtimes @caseynewton and still no police report
Administrator@caseynewton Notice he doesn't state that anything the source said is _false_, though. 🙄
Jeff Fecke
Derek van Vliet
Douglas Phillips Books@caseynewton now I want to read this Platformer article. But where?
Jon
Rogers Cadenhead
Andy Teaszer Fella
Thierna
colleen@caseynewton love how PTO is a pejorative. What a fucker. As if musky would let someone be on pTo for months(?) without outright firing
Slade Watkins@colleen @caseynewton especially if Twitter was so close to bankruptcy… why are you bleeding money on PTO if you can’t afford it and the guy was fired anyway?
he’s clearly lying and the fact that some people don’t see that is concerning :/
Mittens McSmithers
Dan Berlyoung ✅ 🇺🇦@caseynewton does Platformer have a #mastodon presence?
Tom Burbidge@caseynewton Musk lying, what a shocker
@caseynewton Nothing like the richest man using his "free speech" platform to attack a critic with threats of legal action. How bracing!
Parisninla@Eddiethebulldog @caseynewton I do think that the legal action is against the alleged “source” of the story in Smeelon’s tweet, and not specifically Casey/Zoe.
SHODAN 
@caseynewton Smells like someone is about to come full force against the Straisand Effect.
@SHODAN @caseynewton power user multiplier
@caseynewton sounds like some engineers might be getting fired.
Ryan Harter@caseynewton Wow, look at the reach of that tweet!
aethervision 
@caseynewton @donmelton So what I read there was that the source told the truth and Musk is enforcing the inevitable NDA.
Paul Haddad 
@caseynewton link or did he already delete it?
Dave@paul Is this what you're asking for? https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1626523188149764096
Elon Musk on Twitter
“@thecryptojourno @platformer The “source” of the bogus Platformer article is a disgruntled employee who had been on paid time off for months, had already accepted a job at Google and felt the need to poison the well on the way out. Twitter will be taking legal action against him.”
Jay 🆘@caseynewton Threatening litigation! The Trumpification continues.
@jsit @caseynewton Feels like they were separated at birth.
Eshu Marneedi@caseynewton Torch that motherfucker’s ass and show him what real journalistic integrity is.
I TRIED TO TELL YOU@caseynewton Pissbaby at it again
endeavorance 🕊️@caseynewton fucking lol
Chad Loder@caseynewton Which parts are false?
Fuck Elon 
The guy has lied about his dead child for likes, so I am guessing "all of it".
Dmitry Mazin@caseynewton get him casey
@caseynewton Is he saying that out of the 3500 people he recently fired, he knows exactly which one confabulated a completely random and untrue fact about how he is managing Twitter?
Half Cocked Law@mikkergp @caseynewton he called an employee to the star chamber and demanded that he confess and name his accomplice.
danny rj@mikkergp @caseynewton I think he's saying ",if you even think about blabbing to the media this is gonna be you" if the person he's going after actually leaked anything that's just a bonus.
Dan@mikkergp @caseynewton @chancerydaily
I mean nowhere in his comment is he saying any of the allegations are false.
This screams like he is just taking petty revenge on someone who dared to speak the truth about him.
That he is deliberately sending his cult after them by seeding enough breadcrumbs to Doxx the person while maintaining deniability.
@Danielsand @caseynewton @chancerydaily I guess I assumed “bogus” to imply false. But yes it’s definetly an attack.