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Tech billionaire Elon Musk is bored with studying unhealthy information.
The Tesla founder took goal at information media retailers in a sequence of tweets Tuesday. Musk questioned why it was “so onerous to seek out out what’s happening on the planet with out being bombarded with information that makes one unhappy & offended.”
“Why is the ‘conventional’ media such a relentless hatestream? Actual query,” Musk stated.
“Most information retailers try to reply the query: ‘What are the worst issues taking place on Earth in the present day?’” he added. “It’s an enormous planet! Clearly, some unhealthy issues are taking place someplace at any given time, however focusing relentlessly on these doesn't give an correct image of actuality.”
Musk has had a contentious relationship with media retailers in recent times, at occasions personally criticizing retailers over their protection of Tesla. The billionaire’s newest criticism adopted a run of unhealthy publicity for the electrical automobile agency.
When one in all Musk’s followers quipped that “adverse information sells higher,” Musk replied that he felt the assertion was “true to a point.”
“Perhaps a part of why conventional media retailers are so adverse is as a result of previous habits die onerous? They so hardly ever even attempt to be optimistic,” Musk responded.
Earlier this week, the Securities and Change Fee submitting confirmed the company subpoenaed Tesla simply days after Musk tweeted a ballot to his followers asking if he ought to unload 10% of his stake within the firm.
The SEC requested “data on our governance processes round compliance” from Tesla in connection to its 2018 settlement with the corporate. That settlement stemmed from the SEC’s earlier scrutiny of Musk’s statements on Twitter, together with the notorious 2018 tweet the place the chief claimed to have “funding secured” to take Tesla non-public at $420 per share.
Final month, Musk accused an Related Press reporter of performing as a “lobbyist” with “no integrity.” Musk was upset concerning the information outlet’s protection of Tesla’s transfer to recall 1000's of autos as a result of considerations that its self-driving system may trigger automobiles to roll by means of cease indicators.
The billionaire additionally addressed a suggestion final month that he buy a social media platform or information outlet, referring to it as an “attention-grabbing concept.”
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