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[–] mightyfoolish 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait, this is about Elon Musk. Why isn't it in the Musk community over at [email protected] ?

[–] homesweethomeMrL 6 points 5 months ago

Ha haaa - I see what you did there

[–] USNWoodwork 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So I don't want to defend Musk but does anyone have any proof of him actually saying this or donating 45 mil? Its been going around like its a fact because the Wall Street Journal posted it, but Elon called it "Fake gnus" on twitter.

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-07-23/musk-says-he-never-said-hell-donate-45-million-to-trump

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why did it take a week to deny it?

[–] USNWoodwork 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He posted "Fake Gnus" on twitter pretty quickly when the story came out. The more in depth denials are coming out now. The media sees something that they think will trigger an emotional response and they all run with it. The individual can deny it once, but the story was reposted/rehashed thousands of times. The fact that the WSJ originally reported it lends credence and all the other outlets just grab it and run. Imagine you're famous and posted something like this about you. Would you then go on the offensive denying the claim, because you'd never be able to keep up with the shares/retweets/reddit comments without a bot army.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Usually you have a PR person asking news media to post retractions if that's the case

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago