Elon Musk Bounced From A Twitter Space After A Journalist He Suspended Tried To Ask Him Why He Was Banned
Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell, one of the suspended reporters, said that he hadn’t posted Musk’s address on Twitter.
“You posted a link to the address,” Musk shot back.
“In the course of reporting about ElonJet, we posted links to ElonJet, which are now not online, and now banned on Twitter,” Harwell said.
“You dox, you get suspended, end of story,” Musk said again, and then left the Space in the middle of Notopoulos trying to ask him a question.
More than 30,000 people listened live to the Space, including dozens of journalists and Jason Calacanis, a high-profile Silicon Valley investor and a member of Musk’s inner circle.
Some of the suspended reporters — including Harwell and Mashable’s Matt Binder — were able to speak in the Space too after discovering a Twitter loophole that let them join the Space despite having their Twitter accounts suspended.
Media outlets came out in response to their reporters getting permanently suspended. The Times said in a statement that the move was “questionable and unfortunate.” CNN called it “impulsive and unjustified.” Sally Buzbee, the executive editor of the Washington Post, said the suspension of Harwell “directly undermines Elon Musk’s claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech.”
Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell, one of the suspended reporters, said that he hadn’t posted Musk’s address on Twitter. “You posted a link to the address,” Musk shot back. “In the course of reporting about ElonJet, we posted links to ElonJet, which are now not online, and now banned…
