Posted on 04/12/2023 7:49:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Twitter CEO Elon Musk's interview with BBC North America tech reporter James Clayton became a little heated when Musk pressed Clayton for evidence of more hateful content being posted on the platform after the billionaire took over.
Clayton said he had seen a slight rise in hateful tweets on the "For You" page. Musk followed up by asking Clayton to name a specific example, which Clayton could not.
"You see more hate speech personally?" Musk asked.
"I would see more hateful content in that," Clayton replied.
"That's why I'm asking for examples. Can you name one example?" Musk continued to ask.
"Honestly, I don't...Honestly...I don't actually use that 'For You' feed anymore because I don't particularly like it and a lot of people are quite similar," said Clayton.
"Well hang on a second, you said you've seen more hateful content but you can't name a single example? Not even one?" Musk pressed. "I'm asking for one example. I say sir, you don't know what you're talking about. Because you can't name a specific example of hateful content, not even more tweet. Yet you claimed that the hateful content was high. That's false, you just lied."
Clayton then said what he actually meant to say was organizations who track that type of content say hateful tweets are on the rise. Musk kept asking for examples, but Clayton could not name one.
Clayton then wanted to move on to the topic of COVID-19 misinformation by asking Musk why he removed the label used by Twitter to censor tweets about COVID-19 and the vaccines.
"Has BBC changed its COVID misinformation?" Musk asked. "Does the BBC hold itself at all responsible for misinformation regarding masking and side effects of vaccinations, and not reporting on that all? And what about the fact the BBC was put under pressure by the British government to change editorial policy, are you aware of that?"
Clayton replied the interview was not about the BBC and he does not set the editorial policy.
WATCH: The moment @elonmusk confronts @BBC reporter @JamesClayton5 for not being able to provide a single example of hate speech he has witnessed on Twitter.
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Elon also points out the BBC’s double standards regarding Covid misinformation. pic.twitter.com/EBRCcOrTP4— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) April 12, 2023
This is great. Like when Trump smacked that Telemundo reporter. They can dish it out, but . . .
“Standards for thee, not for me.”
Asking for an example of something is a tried and true method to flush out the ignorant and corrupt liars.
Gotta LOVE MUSK.
“Hate speech” to a Leftist is defined by any speech which they hate and think the government should ban. That includes any speech which does not flatter themselves.
Fantastic that Musk is holding BBC responsible for Covid and clot$hot disinformation. He must have read Edward Dowd’s book which has multiple QR codes on every page so you can look up and verify every single claim and statistic in the book to verify the original source. That book might actually turn the tide of public opinion.
State run stooge gets called out... Love it!
Great interview, he expected Elon to roll over and instead got rolled especially on Covid misinformation.
I was just going to post an item about this. Because who doesn’t enjoy seeing a Leftist reporter get slapped silly, verbally?
💥Boom!💥
Classic sign of narcissism. They will criticize anyone to any level but their fragile egos can't take even minuscule truth directed at them.
Both barrels, right in the chest.
Go Elon! Calling out the scum is the only way to keep ahead of it. Of course the reporter never thought that Musk might be taking the $4Billion hobby investment seriously enough to pay attention to what it’s users, specifically you, Mr. reporter, has to say about it.
Next, please.
That was beautiful to behold.
Twitter is still filled with more liberal shrill than others, but that’s to be expected. Most conservatives that were kicked off or censored haven’t come back yet. So to this BBC propagandist, seeing any thing other than echo chamber to their BBC BS is an uptick in “hate speech”.
Never engage in a battle of wits when you’re unarmed.
The Left gets to lie 10,000 times a day and the Right gets to fight back maybe once a month. Sigh.
If you’re included in the group of “dumbest people on earth”, you have 2 employment options: Urinalist and politician.
Doing the job the GOP refuses to do.
“Prove it or you will be sued for slander”
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