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  3. “‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical context as to whether anything being said is factually correct.”

“‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical context as to whether anything being said is factually correct.”

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    “‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical context as to whether anything being said is factually correct.” https://karlbode.com/the-press-is-still-propping-up-elon-musks-supergenius-engineer-mythology/

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      “‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical context as to whether anything being said is factually correct.” https://karlbode.com/the-press-is-still-propping-up-elon-musks-supergenius-engineer-mythology/

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      @kottke

      LOL. You'll have to add another essential group. Journalism is frequently limited to parroting what CEOs and top politicians say.

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        “‘CEO said a thing!’ journalism generally involves a press outlet parroting the claims of a CEO or billionaire utterly mindlessly without any sort of useful historical context as to whether anything being said is factually correct.” https://karlbode.com/the-press-is-still-propping-up-elon-musks-supergenius-engineer-mythology/

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        @kottke
        The public utility commission in California years ago asked Musk on a conference call with him, “How much more capacity do we need to handle EVs in the future?” His answer “Whatever you have now, double it.” (That’s genius speak for “I’m clueless, but let me answer your question.”) 🙄

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