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They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-x-suppression-laura-loomer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.-KRh.oD5OYidUGf7G

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  • KMAMURI@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “startling free speech advocates who hoped that the billionaire would be their champion.”

    They must be joking. Right?

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, there was a time when people hadn’t heard him or seen him do much of anything so they believed him when he said he wanted to do various good things.

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are a ton of people who believed Musk’s words, thinking he wasn’t a fascist, for whom words are a means of manipulation, rather than a means of conveying information

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  • notarobot@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Alt source? Graph is stuck over half the screen

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Like a lot of the NYT, there isn’t another source. I recommend restarting your browser and/or device and making sure Javascript is enabled

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      • jmp242@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I just wonder if we should take single source reporting …

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