New theory: Musk wants to become the Rupert Murdoch of social media.

[Yavin4]

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That's why he bought Twitter. Look at how he's flacking this recent "news" about Twitter and the Biden campaign's request to take down nude photos of Hunter Biden. This is right out of the Murdoch playbook. Go crazy about a liberal media/Democratic party alliance when it's the biggest nothing burger of all time.

By turning Twitter into the voice of conservatives like Fox, Musk hopes to lure advertisers and be an asset to the uber wealthy who have had a long, storied history of silencing media outlets that threaten the status quo.

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Chris Hayes confirms my theory:

[tritsofme]

1. Or maybe he is just a spoiled moron flushing $44B down the drain?

[Yavin4]

3. There's a method to his madness

If he can make Twitter the Fox News of social media, he will curry huge favor among his fellow billionaires. A lot of which buy stock in his other ventures.

[PortTack]

2. I think there's a lot of truth in what you're saying.

He definitely wants more power over American politics along with his financial backers the saudis. And, I think he will go to great lengths to achieve his goal.

[Yavin4]

4. Fox News' audience is getting old

Young people pay more attention to social media than they do traditional media. However, popular social media is not as heavily slanted to the right as traditional media is.

[Emrys]

5. He's not wily enough nor patient enough to be Rupert Murdoch, and he's crap at schmoozing.

Whether he's downright evil enough, we'll have to wait and see. He has a LOT of catching up to do!

[Kennah]

6. So he's trying to shrink his wealth down to $21 billion?

[Yavin4]

7. Kick