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Bloomberg’s Tim O’Brien Whines Elon Musk’s Twitter Investment ‘Bad News for Free Speech’
NewsBusters ^ | 4/6/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 04/06/2022 10:50:17 AM PDT by JV3MRC

A Bloomberg Opinion senior columnist’s skewed portrayal of “free speech” after Elon Musk’s big investment in Twitter shows how ignorant media leftists are to American principles.

Timothy O’Brien published a tone-deaf piece headlined: “Elon Musk’s Twitter Investment Could Be Bad News for Free Speech.” Musk, worth around $280 billion as of late Wednesday morning, bought a sizable 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, totaling 73,486,938 shares, which makes Musk the platform’s biggest shareholder. O’Brien fretted in response. “I suspect there’s something more serious informing Musk’s decision to invest in Twitter, even if he revels in buffoonery: Maybe he wants to bring Twitter to heel,” O’Brien wrote. Musk tweeted mockery of O’Brien’s opinion piece, which The Washington Post republished. “WaPo always good for a laugh,” Musk tweeted. Musk slammed the platform on March 26 for its censorship-heavy environment: “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; bloomberg; elonmusk; florida; rondesantis; timobrien; twitter

1 posted on 04/06/2022 10:50:17 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

Meh, to many elitist Lefties, censorship = free speech......


2 posted on 04/06/2022 10:53:44 AM PDT by cranked
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To: JV3MRC

Hey there Mr Timothy O’Brien- your concept of free speech clashes wildly with reality-


3 posted on 04/06/2022 10:58:39 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: JV3MRC

There is no free speech on Twit now.
Liberal heads are already exploding.


4 posted on 04/06/2022 11:10:25 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: tennmountainman

Employees are freaking out and making derogatory posts about Musk. Hopefully, they will need new jobs soon


5 posted on 04/06/2022 11:18:28 AM PDT by RummyChick ( )
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To: cranked

Incredible but true. Bizarro world.


6 posted on 04/06/2022 11:25:49 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: JV3MRC

Bad news because they don’t want more free speech.


7 posted on 04/06/2022 11:28:44 AM PDT by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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To: JV3MRC

The Bloomberg crew make CNBC look like OANN.


8 posted on 04/06/2022 11:58:57 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Bob434
Hey there Mr Timothy O’Brien- your concept of free speech clashes wildly with reality

As does just about everything else the left believes.

9 posted on 04/06/2022 12:02:35 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: JV3MRC

More like ‘Bad news for censorship’


10 posted on 04/06/2022 12:12:34 PM PDT by oil_dude
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To: JV3MRC

Most of Bloomberg’s writer-clowns have been properly delivered to the crazy farm. How did little Timmy escape?


11 posted on 04/06/2022 4:43:36 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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