Pet peeve: I don’t like when media outlets do this. CNBC *KNOWINGLY* messaged a defunct email address at Twitter that they KNOW is programmed to respond with this emoji (and has been for 8 months).

Just email Musk directly for comment. We all have his contact info. It’s such a farce to email a dead email acct you KNOW will return this emoji then act like it’s some sacrilege and write it up in this way.

I feel like it feeds into exactly what Musk and his idiot fanboys want which is to troll the meeia. Journalists, stop doing it!

@taylorlorenz

The media, in this case, did it on purpose specifically so they could write this tweet. Most journalists are absolute garbage and want clicks more than getting at the truth.

I guarantee you, CNBC will do this again and pretend it's the first time.