Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won’t buy Twitter

[itstony]

Give me a break, is this guy really that stupid? I would love to see him back out and let Twitter shut some of the loonies off again. 🤣

Breakingviews - Breakingviews (from April 27): Elon Musk probably won’t buy Twitter

There are good reasons for him to get cold feet, Breakingviews columnists Lauren Silva Laughlin and Gina Chon write.

www.reuters.com

 

[Allan]

Give me a break, is this guy really that stupid?

He is really that stupid. Musk is the apex of the brilliant inventor who's very very bad at business.

 

[Integrityrespec]

The deal has been done, he has no reason to breech the contract.

 

[Crovax]

Give me a break, is this guy really that stupid? I would love to see him back out and let Twitter shut some of the loonies off again. 🤣

Breakingviews - Breakingviews (from April 27): Elon Musk probably won’t buy Twitter

There are good reasons for him to get cold feet, Breakingviews columnists Lauren Silva Laughlin and Gina Chon write.

www.reuters.com

I didn't realize Reuters published opinion pieces

 

[pocket aces]

The deal has been done, he has no reason to breech the contract.

Have you seen the signed contract?

 

[upsideguy]

The deal has been done, he has no reason to breech the contract.

No, its not done. A business acquisition typically is subject to due diligence, which presents a multitude of opportunities to re-trade or walk away. Moreover, the deal likely has break-up language that allows him to walk away by paying stipulated damages at any point up until the wire transfer. IT is likely to be done, given is profile, but a deal ain't done till the cash is transferred.

 

[phoenix2020]

I didn't realize Reuters published opinion pieces

Yeah, it sucks. I love Reuters, they are IMO the most fact-based news source there is. However it certainly seems that they allocate a single-digit-percentage of their staff to do these 'opinion' pieces and I think they should let it be.

Reuters is awesome at reporting factual truth...

They stink at opinion.

They should stick to their strength. Leave the opinions for Tucker and whomever is his CNN counterpart these days.

 

[The Mark]

Give me a break, is this guy really that stupid? I would love to see him back out and let Twitter shut some of the loonies off again. 🤣

Breakingviews - Breakingviews (from April 27): Elon Musk probably won’t buy Twitter

There are good reasons for him to get cold feet, Breakingviews columnists Lauren Silva Laughlin and Gina Chon write.

www.reuters.com

I think he just likes to watch the nation react to him, sometimes.

 

[trouble13]

Progressives are trying everything to stop Musk from pissing in their playground. I wonder what they will try next.

 

[tacomancer]

Progressives are trying everything to stop Musk from pissing in their playground. I wonder what they will try next.

A random Reuters article is “trying something”?

In what sense?

 

[Rexedgar]

Oh, noes!….



Cheers to tears???

 

[trouble13]

A random Reuters article is “trying something”?

In what sense?

They are floating the idea that he should back out of the deal

 

[tacomancer]

They are floating the idea that he should back out of the deal

So a random article is “they” then?

I’m just trying to understand your reasoning here.

 

[trouble13]

So a random article is “they” then?

I’m just trying to understand your reasoning here.

What makes you think it's a random article as opposed to a premeditated attempt at persuasion?

 

[tacomancer]

What makes you think it's a random article as opposed to a premeditated attempt at persuasion?

Because I read the article and it wasn’t using persuasive style language. It was just going through scenarios.

At minimum there needs to be a thesis or conclusion statement. It lacked any form of that, instead meandering through various scenarios with no real central theme.

 

[phoenix2020]

Progressives are trying everything to stop Musk from pissing in their playground. I wonder what they will try next.

I agree. Can you imagine what progressives will do once Elon Musk emerges victorious and is able to freely espouse upon conservatives his desire for Universal Basic Income, a stop to fossil fuels, and Andrew Yang for the Presidency? I imagine the progressives will go nuts.

 

[trouble13]

Because I read the article and it wasn’t using persuasive style language. It was just going through scenarios.

At minimum there needs to be a thesis or conclusion statement. It lacked any form of that, instead meandering through various scenarios with no real central theme.

The article makes all kinds of conclusive statements and they all point in one direction. I'm not sure how you dtew the conclusion that you did.

This particular article is just another attempt in a list of attempts.

It's pretty obvious that the left does not like the idea of Musk owning twitter. They have been trying to throw cold water on it from the very start.

 

[trouble13]

I agree. Can you imagine what progressives will do once Elon Musk emerges victorious and is able to freely espouse upon conservatives his desire for Universal Basic Income and Andrew Yang for the Presidency? I imagine the progressives will go nuts.

We can speculate on the reasons why the left is so adamantly opposed to it but it's not up for debate that they are in fact adamantly in opposition to him owning Twitter.

 

[tacomancer]

The article makes all kinds of conclusive statements and they all point in one direction. I'm not sure how you dtew the conclusion that you did.

It was a bunch of “maybe this” “maybe that” no real conclusions, just scenarios.

This particular article is just another attempt in a list of attempts.

It's pretty obvious that the left does not like the idea of Musk owning twitter. They have been trying to throw cold water on it from the very start.

I will go back to my original question, how can an article be an attempt at anything? An article has no force of law surrounding this deal and therefore cannot attempt anything.

 

[j brown's body]

So a random article is “they” then?

I’m just trying to understand your reasoning here.

Everything's a conspiracy to these poor souls. It's the only way they understand the world.

 

[phoenix2020]

We can speculate on the reasons why the left is so adamantly opposed to it but it's not up for debate that they are in fact adamantly in opposition to him owning Twitter.

We can speculate on the reasons why the right is so adamantly convinced that the left is opposed to it but it's not up for debate that they and @trouble13 are in fact adamantly in support of Elon Musk and his liberal perspectives.

 

[trouble13]

It was a bunch of “maybe this” “maybe that” no real conclusions, just scenarios.

I will go back to my original question, how can an article be an attempt at anything? An article has no force of law surrounding this deal and therefore cannot attempt anything.

Your welcome to your opinion. I see it differently.

 

[tacomancer]

Your welcome to your opinion. I see it differently.

Yeah I don’t look for problems that aren’t there.

 

[trouble13]

Yeah I don’t look for problems that aren’t there.

I don't see it as a problem. It looks like just another element in the propaganda war that's trying to stop the acquisition from succeeding.

 

[tacomancer]

I don't see it as a problem. It looks like just another element in the propaganda war that's trying to stop the acquisition from succeeding.

If you say so. Thinking there’s propaganda everywhere must be a scary place to be. I am sorry.