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  • L LuFins Dad
    19 Apr 2023, 13:49

    Yeah, CBC is a totally serious news organization.

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    Renauda
    wrote on 19 Apr 2023, 14:54 last edited by Renauda
    #47

    @LuFins-Dad

    Indeed it is. It also has, as the Twatter link you provided crudely pointed out, drama, comedy and sports programming along with arts and science documentary productions. Best of all, it broadcasts throughout the country in both official languages, French and English.

    It is produced by Canadians for Canadians. I support the CBC and regard it a treasured national cultural institution. I would willingly defend it with extreme prejudice.

    More:

    https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/poilievre-elon-musk-label-cbc-government-funded-twitter/wcm/deeb23e4-c295-4503-a46b-356c548973e4/amp/

    Elbows up!

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      George K
      wrote on 21 Apr 2023, 19:12 last edited by
      #48

      What "other media accounts" you ask?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • G George K
        21 Apr 2023, 19:12

        What "other media accounts" you ask?

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 21 Apr 2023, 21:27 last edited by
        #49

        @George-K

        Hence my earlier cui bono comment.

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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          Doctor Phibes
          wrote on 21 Apr 2023, 21:47 last edited by Doctor Phibes
          #50

          I'd go so far as to humbly suggest that Elon Musk is not to be trusted.

          I was only joking

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          • D Doctor Phibes
            21 Apr 2023, 21:47

            I'd go so far as to humbly suggest that Elon Musk is not to be trusted.

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            George K
            wrote on 21 Apr 2023, 21:55 last edited by
            #51

            @Doctor-Phibes

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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 06:22 last edited by
              #52

              He is turning into a caricature. He is obviously a smart guy, but I think is starting to love publicity about himself a bit too much.

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                Jolly
                wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 11:19 last edited by
                #53

                He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • J Jolly
                  22 Apr 2023, 11:19

                  He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                  But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 11:36 last edited by
                  #54

                  @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                  He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                  But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                  1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                  2. Data mining

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • J Jolly
                    22 Apr 2023, 11:19

                    He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                    But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 12:18 last edited by
                    #55

                    @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                    What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                    Money.

                    And with any luck to spend it to go and live on Mars.

                    I was only joking

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                    • A Aqua Letifer
                      22 Apr 2023, 11:36

                      @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                      He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                      But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                      1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                      2. Data mining
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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 12:21 last edited by
                      #56

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                      @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                      He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                      But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                      1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                      2. Data mining

                      I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • J Jolly
                        22 Apr 2023, 12:21

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                        @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                        He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                        But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                        1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                        2. Data mining

                        I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?

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                        Aqua Letifer
                        wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 12:35 last edited by
                        #57

                        @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                        @Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                        He's a promoter. They like publicity.

                        But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.

                        1. It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
                        2. Data mining

                        I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?

                        I don't think it's any one event per se. I think he can now get a first-hand look at common consumer behavior, and how social media attention actually works. That kind of information would be valuable for just about anybody.

                        Please love yourself.

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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 3 May 2023, 11:44 last edited by
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                          Imagine one day "@npr" on Twitter is someone or something other than the National Public Radio:

                          https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-threatens-reassign-npr-twitter-account-npr-says-2023-05-03/

                          Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
                          “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
                          “Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” he said in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”

                          Twitter should have the right to do whatever it wants with its namespaces, barring any contractual obligation. If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad.

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on 3 May 2023, 11:46 last edited by
                            #59

                            NPR needs to start their own company to compete with Twitter.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • AxtremusA Axtremus
                              3 May 2023, 11:44

                              Imagine one day "@npr" on Twitter is someone or something other than the National Public Radio:

                              https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-threatens-reassign-npr-twitter-account-npr-says-2023-05-03/

                              Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
                              “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
                              “Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” he said in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”

                              Twitter should have the right to do whatever it wants with its namespaces, barring any contractual obligation. If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad.

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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on 3 May 2023, 12:40 last edited by
                              #60

                              @Axtremus said in Twitter pisses off NPR:

                              If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad

                              LOL

                              https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121242198/liz-truss-twitter-mistake

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