Thursday, 4 June 2020

Elon Musk tweets 'time to break up Amazon' in defense of coronavirus skeptic

Elon Musk tweets 'time to break up Amazon' in defense of coronavirus skeptic

Elon Musk is tweeting again. 

The eccentric billionaire ended his short Twitter sabbatical to post about how ecommerce giant Amazon is a monopoly that needs to be broken up.

Usually, this is a call that would be echoed by progressives such as Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. However, the reason Musk jumped back on Twitter and called for Amazon’s breakup was to defend a former New York Times writer who has become a bit of a right wing celebrity due to his coronavirus skepticism.

This is insane @JeffBezos

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2020

“This is insane @JeffBezos,” posted Musk referring to the company’s decision to remove a coronavirus book authored by the former Times writer, Alex Berenson, from its platform. As you can see, he even tagged Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in the tweet. Read more...

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