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Annie Moore Dec 16, 2022

Taylor Lorenz Dec 16, 2022

Linette Lopez, a reporter at Business Insider who published important investigations of Tesla and has covered Musk for years, has been suspended.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-faulty-battery-cooling-systems-design-model-s-2012-2019-6 #twitter #twittermigration #twitterexodus #tech #technology #technews #news #journalist

Tesla used faulty battery cooling system design for Model S in 2012, insiders say

In a rush to build the Model S, Tesla ignored the car's flawed battery cooling system design. And it's unclear when, if ever, the company fixed it.

Insider

Annie Moore Dec 16, 2022

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Drew Harwell Dec 16, 2022

How The Washington Post has used flight data:

* To track a former president's emergency landing (in 2022): https://wapo.st/3HGp8IA

* To map out how military helicopters flew over George Floyd protests (in 2020): https://wapo.st/3V3WRie

* To raise questions about Elon Musk's flights (in 2019): https://wapo.st/2RmjE7X

* To investigate The Post's owner Jeff Bezos (in 2018): https://wapo.st/3YmLt3M

* To document extravagant trips on the taxpayer dime (in 2017): https://wapo.st/3HMh9d0

Plane carrying Donald Trump made emergency landing in New Orleans after engine failure over Gulf of Mexico

A plane carrying former president Donald Trump suffered engine failure late Saturday evening over the Gulf of Mexico, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in New Orleans shortly after taking off from the city.

The Washington Post

Annie Moore Dec 16, 2022

Tiffany Li Dec 16, 2022

Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:

Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan

Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa

Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee

Tony Webster
@tony

Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder

#freepress #journalism #journalists #news