this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
877 points (98.7% liked)

News

24599 readers
4536 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Summary

Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.

Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.

Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.

Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 41 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

My grandfather, a WWII veteran, would be rolling in his grave if he saw the rise of Naziism in this country.

And he was the type of person who would openly call for ass-whuppin' if he saw one in person.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Unfortunately propoganda is very effective and most of the people who would outright call for groups to be placed in concentration camps simply for their existence can't see any coorelation to them being like NAZI's.

Person I work with today, "I wouldn't want to to go the Superbowl because someone would drop a nuke on our heads". To which I responded, thankfully that has never happened. To which they responded, "Well people don't even know what sex they are anymore."

So attempting to unpack any of that leaves me starting with the fact that they apparently mistrust transgender people so much that they fear they have the means and motivation to launch a nuclear attack on the President of the United States. Kim Jong Un really might want to meet these people.

This person also calls every person of Hispanic descent we drive by an illegal that thankfully Trump will round up soon.

It's all blatant bigotry, but they can't see it themselves.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 hours ago

Sounds like your gramps was a good dude

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 41 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, cry ketamine tears about your boy harem

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Can he just take a bit more ketamine please? I feel it's not sedating him enough.

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 hours ago

Turn that a-hole's k-hole into a black hole

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

I always find the conservative "How dare you tell people what I said" outrage amusing.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Goodness Gravy, you mean an investigative journalist did the fucking job they were hired to do? I know its surprising to Elon, because he's never actually done any work and doens't understand the concept, but holy shit he's earning that upcoming lead implant

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

But it's so much work writing emails to tell your underlings what they need to spend the next 2 years struggling to accomplish without overtime pay, flying on a private jet between public appearances with known criminals, and spending hours a day reposting misinformation on Twitter. It's so hard! Nobody understands how hard he works!

(Obvious /s)

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Don't forget how hard it is to pay other people to play video games for you so you can call yourself an "elite" gamer.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 0 points 2 hours ago

Musk has ruined the reputation of the Shiba Inu. Thanks, you jackass.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 hours ago

Elon: But look at the disgusting stuff she uncovered!! It's as if she said those things herself by publishing that!

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Any sane country that wants to remain that way should be banning Twitter immediately.
It feels like insanity to me that they're watching what he's doing to America right now and not immediately reacting by banning the tools he used to do it here.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago

Don’t worry, JD Vance told Musk to rehire him then goose-stepped away.

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Free speech for me but not for thee

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Elon Musk: "Famed Free Speech Absolutist"

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Abolitionist*

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 points 8 hours ago

Real free speech absolutism there.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago

Booohooo! Those big meanies hurt the widdle feefees of Muskyboi by pointing out things that are real! So disgusting!

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 14 points 10 hours ago

Lmao get'em Katherine!

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

This pasty lil blood diamond baby needs a decade of Guantanamo treatment

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 3 points 8 hours ago

People fixate on all the racist shit that actually qualified him for the position.

Dude got cancelled because he insulted Israel.

Please defend this guy and find out Mr Musk, the cult doesn't need to extract your wealth peacefully.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

God damn, every time I think this douche can't get any worse... There's no bottom (well, to be fair Trump is his bottom}

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›