Elon Tweeting about Thailand and Reputation

[Just a Reader]

Seriously, if these accusations had any factual basis, wouldn't we have heard something about it by now? Thailand is open and accessible. It's not as if you had to verify things on the ground in remote parts of North Korea. I'm quite sure that both local and British journalist have taken more than a casual look into Unsworth's affairs to check out if Musk's accusations are true.

 

[bro1999]

Seriously, if these accusations had any factual basis, wouldn't we have heard something about it by now? Thailand is open and accessible. It's not as if you had to verify things on the ground in remote parts of North Korea. I'm quite sure that both local and British journalist have taken more than a casual look into Unsworth's affairs to check out if Musk's accusations are true.

We would have heard something by now IF the accusations were based in fact.
But we haven't heard anything because they were #fakenews.

 

[neroden]

Seriously, if these accusations had any factual basis, wouldn't we have heard something about it by now? Thailand is open and accessible. It's not as if you had to verify things on the ground in remote parts of North Korea. I'm quite sure that both local and British journalist have taken more than a casual look into Unsworth's affairs to check out if Musk's accusations are true.

I would not make that assumption. There are fewer journalists than you think there are, and far fewer investigative journalists than you think there are. I still don't think the accusations are true, but I don't believe there's been nearly enough attention to attract an actual investigative journalist.

 

[Chickenlittle]

He only sued for 75K. I dont believe he considers his reputation worth much. I suspect he chose a low figure to entice musk to take out pocket change so he can claim victory. Poor man does not understand musk

 

[schonelucht]

No, sues for more. The $75k names in the suit is a minimum to make the case a class that’s easier to argue or something. Reread last few pages, it’s been rehashed already.

 

[AudubonB]

I must not have had enough morning coffee to find myself descending into this garbage, but here goes:

Let’s suppose I was moronic enough first to join Twitter, and second to use it as a fairly consistent medium for communication (with those suppositions we’ve already passed beyond the realm of credulousness - and 99 TeslaPoints to whoever states who first neologized that non-word), but let that pass.

Now let’s suppose that my soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, whether from a pique of mischief or of malice, gets into my Twitter account and posts some inflammatory tweets regarding another person...tweets that might be considered libelous.

For all you armchair lawyers out there:

Am I at risk of a libel suit? Can I mount a successful defense, given the above scenarios?

 

[The Blue Owl]

I must not have had enough morning coffee to find myself descending into this garbage, but here goes:

Let’s suppose I was moronic enough first to join Twitter, and second to use it as a fairly consistent medium for communication (with those suppositions we’ve already passed beyond the realm of credulousness - and 99 TeslaPoints to whoever states who first neologized that non-word), but let that pass.

Now let’s suppose that my soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, whether from a pique of mischief or of malice, gets into my Twitter account and posts some inflammatory tweets regarding another person...tweets that might be considered libelous.

For all you armchair lawyers out there:

Am I at risk of a libel suit? Can I mount a successful defense, given the above scenarios?

If said soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend also carried on a conversation over email with a BuzzFeed reporter, also in your name, I'd say your chances are pretty good. If in fact you sent those emails yourself, I see a settlement for an undisclosed amount in your future.

 

[oneday]

Let’s suppose I was moronic enough first to join Twitter, and second to use it as a fairly consistent medium for communication (with those suppositions we’ve already passed beyond the realm of credulousness - and 99 TeslaPoints to whoever states who first neologized that non-word), but let that pass.

This sounds like a word George W Bush would make up. Just a guess.

 

[AudubonB]

It was Harold Ross, founder and editor of The New Yorker from its 1925 inception until his death in 1951. But thanks for playing - that was a very good guess....and likely would have been mine had I not made up this quiz.