Elon Musk and Twitter: Is he in over his head?

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Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, recently bought Twitter for $44 billion. What followed has been a chaotic period for the social media platform and its advertisers.

One current Twitter employee who spoke to"Sunday Morning" asked that we not identify him, for fear of reprisal from Musk and his online fans.

"He said that he wanted to experiment with long-form content, content longer than just a tweet," he said."That was already launched and was available on the platform. And he fired the team that had developed it and launched it.""I'm still technically an employee, but I'm on a suspended status until January 4th, when they will put us on severance, if we sign a severance agreement.

Like many, this un-named, soon-to-be ex-employee believes Musk is trying to reduce what he owes former Twitter staff, in terms of severance and stock options."And to be clear, Elon Musk bought the company. He can make any business decision he wants to make," he said."It's the nature in which we were let go and potentially even ways that broke employment law.

Stamos said of Musk,"He's actually a really bad manager, and that's kind of shocking to me, how bad he is at the human management side of this. The odds of them being able to execute well over this next year, I think, are very long, unless he decides to bring in a CEO to calm things down. And it's clear that's what he's going to have to do at Twitter if they're going to try to stabilize and stop the bleeding of all of this talent that they need to be able to execute.

"Oh, it depends on what day," she replied."I sometimes think of Silicon Valley as a lot of smart people working on stupid things, and Elon was working on smart things."

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No, but judging by how long it takes CBS to distinguish between fact and fiction, you are.

Elon not over his head. He is an expert swimmer. He is the life guard watching us all.

Does CBS care that they get scooped every day by low budget independent journalists?

Chaotic to the fake news perhaps

Yes

elonmusk is incredible Keep walking the path

Odd that you guys are trying to trash him and not Hunter now that the cat is out of the bag.

Kindly point out a period of calm and stability following major takeovers or mergers? They don’t exist.

That's what CBS would want to have you believe... Why should anyone believe what they have to say anymore...given the circumstances and their continued effort to cover up the Biden laptop story.

Leave it to CBS News, and their ilk, to attempt to tell us A STORY...about the alleged chaos, supposedly NOW present on Twitter. God forbid they acknowledge THE STORY that more idealogical input is now allowed. AKA Free Speech. elonmusk

Sounds like the same chaos and mismanagement from what is happening to mainstream media companies. Is CBSnews worried that Elon will soon put your business out to pasture?

Elon ROCKS!

He made twitter profitable again lol, fired 80% of workforce and it runs better than ever

There is no chaos in Twitter other than extreme Liberal media feel they are loosing support of their ideology. Now they keep repeating their bias and create chaos for themselves. I and many in millions strongly believe Twitter is more streamlined every day.

So instead of covering the Twitter misdeeds now being revealed, you publish an attack on Elon Musk. We all know Twitter was an echo chamber for the left. Now you have to deal with an opposing view. Too bad you lost your safe space.

CBS Fakenews at its finest

Elon should release the government corruption for this year so the crooks will resign or go to jail

Chaotic because Twitter is no longer an extension of the DNC like CBS is?

CBS News is yellow Journalism at it's finest

He's doing a great job so far, now the hard part, rehiring competent people now that the slackers are gone.

CBS is Communist Broadcasting Service is Communicating BS. CBS is spreading disinformation Mr Musk in charge has been far from chaotic.

I love Elon

Its not chaotic. Whats chaotic was pre-musk Twitter. Remember Hunter Biden's laptop? You know, the one you helped cover up. CBS News is a disgrace.

Fake news

and an even worse time for fake news stations like CBS, NBC, CNN and ABC. Hahahahaha, you 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Wow CBS has fallen far from great journalism...

Try the truth at least every once in a while.

The partisanship coming from main stream media on elonmusk is astounding and sad.

When tesla files for bankruptcy, elonmusk will prove to be the only smart man who cashed out in time. 🤣

Does this mean that the Gov. will step in and bail him out because he's too big to fail?

Liars

Elon Musk is a modern day hero. A President of the people. The guy is a star!

LavelleGerald CBS is anti-American. I quest they must be controlled by the CCP.

No, he is just exposing the deepest corruptions at every turn! Unlike you propagandists.

Chaos is necessary when entrenched ideology was the norm. Finding a new structure and creating new norms does not happen quickly or easily.

Definitely not in over his head. He developed Tesla and Spacex. nice try.

Hello fake news.

Thats how you cover musk’s release of the inner workings of twitter leading up to the 2020 election?

Free speech still has a place. Not at CBS.

It sure sucks to see years of corrupt journalism coming out in the open…

I think new Twitter rocks 🤘🏼🎶 needs to get out more.

No but let’s watch you put a spin on it like you guys do everything else. You’re a joke and wouldn’t even be a news outlet anymore if it weren’t for the government supporting 1/2 of your networks funds.

….and boy, did CBS News, 60Minutes and LesleyRStahl get busted. It was glorious!

He could have gave that money n invested that in neighborhoods.

The only rough time it's the advertisers that pulled out are regretting it. The marketability of Twitter right now is off the hook. For every mainstream advertiser Twitter used to entertain, elonmusk has multiple in line wanting to be part of change.

Elon got robbed. Not worth 44 bucks.

Who believes this nonsense anymore?

And lookit now🤦‍♀️

Seems so👎

When you have $230,000,000,000 you can play games with everyone ! 🤣🤣

'chaotic'.... maybe for the advertisers who left and are now coming back after Twitter didn't implode

Haha you were caught suppressing the Hunter Laptop story to appease your establishment puppeteers.

True lie

What’s funny is what is happening there is pretty much the norm during a company buyout, it’s just you don’t like the person. So you advertise it as chaotic. Welcome to corporate America.

Only 182 likes in 7 hours with almost 9 million followers 😂. No one believes you anymore. 🤡🤡🤡

Give the man and his team a chance, My Gawd.

CBS you can do better than that. 'News' means that you report what happened, not that you predict it.

He looks like he's doing good to me

You keep making a fool out of yourself! Lol!!🤡🤡

You people are pathetic

Meh, Chaos for former Twitter employees!

You’re cancelled. Did you not get the memo?

Not chaotic for me must be the people you follow that are in a panic.

Elon owning Twitter has been great for children - he has made eliminating child sexual exploitation material a priority. It is also great for people who are seeking truth in their news rather than infotainment.

Democrats are so mad!!!!!!

I think elonmusk has already had a $100 Billion worth of Twitter Fun!

Democrats do not like free speech.

Musk has proven that Democrats are in over their head with FBI fraud, voter fraud, covid fraud, etc.

You have to adapt to live with other opinions other than yours ..

What followed has been a free speech democracy and revealed corruption.

Ha! Nothing chaotic here!! He's cleaning house of all the evil liars who were spreading their lies and hate around the world! And he's bringing the truth out of all the evil on the Biden crime family! 👍😊

Thank God you guys only stopped tweeting for 8 hours before you realized that Elon Musk was still allowing people to speak freely, so you could then continue to bash him without being censored like people were before he took over twitter.

It is so funny to listen to increasingly obsolete mainstream news outlets predict the demise of Twitter at the hands of elonmusk. I just wish you would restore the company to a public listing so I could buy the stock!

Are you? elonmusk

Lol. Nice try.

MSM 💩

So you using something that is in chaos to report how chaotic it is

Fake news outlet calls into question business acumen of world’s richest entrepreneur 😬

Fake news

With shows like East New York I would say you are in over your head.

Nope

MSM is over. Citizen journalists for real news.

elonmusk proves that big tech, the federal government and you, the mainstream media, colluded to suppress the hunter Biden laptop story and this what you cover?

Jealousy is a very ugly trait to have… 😂😂😂

Nope, you just wish he was so you can justify your poor journalism

Elon didn’t really buy it since it was a leveraged buy-out and little if any of Elon’s money was used!

Well, for me is been muuuchhh better … ThankyouMusk Elonmusk

Don't forget, CBS said they were deleting their account. But....here you are.

What are you talking about? Made it better and making public who was responsible for the censoring.

Disaster. We don’t want sleazy oligarchs.

You're lying 😂

Elon Go find love you have enough money find the women you love and Hugh Heff pround!

cbs is jelly

🥱🥱🥱 You bore me.

He could use some decent advisors.

Nope just doing your job!

It's the best thing that has happened to free speech in generations. The best thing to happen to 'journalism' in the last 50 years. Propagandists at traditional 'news' channels will no longer be able to push a biased narrative, or censor truth if they wish to remain relevant.

Where is this chaos you speak of?

Musk has a real chance to resurrect the Fourth Estate. You know, CBS News, the concept you helped kill.

We found out journalists are fake. The media is under democrat control. And propaganda was pushed daily by media to control an election. Steeling elections have consequences… Now the revealing of those crimes is coming out. DC in panic.

He's not, you are!

Phones were always electric. 💡⚡ already I don't have to worry about plugging, but I like gas stations.

This headline seems like an opinion

K Os

You all really put the BS in CBS

yes, the answer is yes

FREE SPEECH will always be chaotic. I don’t agree with many tweets but respect the individuals’ right to tweet what he/she/they/we/them/that/what/cat/dog/unicorn/ wants to

I love how you all will stick with the BS to the bitter end. MSM is like the band on the Titanic.

The evidence exposed by Musk shows that the American Democratic Party is shameless. It is precisely because of defending the Constitution that Trump should be given a fair treatment. The left has lost faith all over the world, which makes people feel spurned

I would leave Twitter but I love upsetting Trump supporters here. I just cannot leave yet.

Doubt that fake CBS.

It is not chaos to have productive work . You call this to attempt discrediting the owner Elon for your own purpose . More media lies . More CBS propaganda . Change is not chaos in a business needing good management .

At last at last the truth shall come out. Cnn msnbc.

A better question is, “why isn’t the twitter files being covered by mainstream news?” Because it would be devastating to the powers that be….

CBS, the network that only recently admitted the Biden laptop is real, is now marching to the tune that Musk is in trouble. Screw you CBS.

Weird flex considering he just broke your back on the entire coverage of the news in the last two years with a couple tweets.

What about the stolen election? Hacks

So normal when someone buys a company

Fact is elonmusk has publicly admitted he suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a lifelong neurodevelopment condition associated with difficulties interacting socially and having obsessive interests🔀he’d do well to steer clear of⤵️⤵️/⤵️2🥜nut cases🥜‼️

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He will be fine. Takes time to clean up a sewer.

Que reportagem de baixa qualidade. Feita para atacar.

WCCO He seems to be doing just fine.

It's more of a problem for Elon and his investors than anyone. He bit off more than he could chew, and had a victory parade too early. It Takes Time To Build🎶 (Takes a second to wreck it)

What followed has been nothing of the sort. Behind all the left-wing legacy hand wringing, Twitter has continued functioning exactly as it always has. Minus the censorship. Seethe more.

What a terrible headline! This just shows how ridiculous mainstream media is!

This

The only reason Biden gets away with buying oil from Venezuela is mainstream media can be counted on to look the other way. You guys are a disgrace, Pravda in sheep’s clothing.

TWITTERGATE bombshell...Apple has resumed all advertising with Twitter, CBS failed to report on the Hunter Biden laptop news so Elon Musk is doing it for them... Election Interference

Not so fast……

Ya they don't like truth. How about Hunters laptop report on that.

I haven't noticed any chaos. Just from the people crying about him buying it.

CBS here’s a story for you. Twitter has uncovered collusion between big media, the FBI and government at the highest levels! The information seem indisputable and implicates President Biden’s involvement in an international kickback scheme for millions of dollars!! Could be a big

No, CBS is in over its head

He seems to get bored pretty easily. Flits from one thing to another. Not terribly reassuring. (OK so bring on his bots, trolls, and fanboys now)

No his head is up his arse.

It’s only for the fake news media which is being exposed as propagandists for the Democratic Party

CBS will be exposed

Maybe Chaotic for CBS,NBC, & CNN

*According to the outlets competing for ad revenue.

Oh look false headlines

Your Sunday morning article was extremely biased and exposed how skewed CBS news is. I thought you left Twitter

you are advertising yourself on twitter🥀🥀

No. What’s followed is socially chaotic for media outlets

Chaotic only in the sense that woke media and Democrats trying to figure how they can control free speech given Musk disclosing the collusion Twitter had with them. Remember it is Democrats who established a Ministry of truth like in Communist China to try and control free speech

what’s followed has been wild accusations from media sources without any supporting evidence at all! Media attack for no reason! NBCNews WSJ FoxNews USATODAY nytimes washingtonpost elonmusk

elonmusk is cleaning up Twitter.

The only chaos was the Media scrambling to find new ways of opposing free speech.

CBS, this is an opinion. Try writing factual articles. You are the worst.

I thought you guys quit Twitter.

The msm hacks are in constant panic since Elon bought Twitter, I wonder why 😏

Looks like he is waving goodbye! is he moving to mars on his spacex ?

… pulling back the curtains on wanton DNC-directed censorship, twitterfiles

WCCO I thought you weren’t going to use it? What happened?

WCCO You mean rapid growth and the single greatest reduction of child exploitation since twitters founding?

Your refusal to report on a story where Democrats worked with Twitter to influence the 2020 election is exactly why most Americans don’t trust the media.

You guys are absolute trash. Do better. Seriously the hit pieces against Elon are messed up and you should give a public apology. How about listen to the Q&A session he did yesterday and cover it accurately. Clowns even CNN is better than you lately

Professor of chaos for some attention

CBS and other news outlets had two years to report on this news scandal, and you chose not to. Just imagine if Woodward and Bernstein had chosen to not report on Watergate, and Washington Post choosing to only talk about it two years later.

By “chaotic period” do you mean, more eye opening to how corrupt and horrible the media is?

Twitter Status Illustrated:

Only because you all are making it to be. You doing anything on the Twitter file drop ?

Musk is no different than trumps cult.

His 'investors'

And let’s not forget The Boring Company. How’s that doing?

elonmusk I think they might like you 🤔

With the enourmous wealth he has he's still longing for something that money can't buy ' ATTENTION '

State Media Stenographers of course buying the news story Matt Taibbi broke about the collusion of the US surveillance state with US MSM, both colluding 2 bury the Hunter Biden Laptop story ...

Flight MH370 flew for hours without pilots… it’s fate wasn’t nice.

Twitter is better with him.

he was bored he will succeed in the end until then it's good experience for him and his team sometimes it's good to tackle completely different problems, so you don't go insane doing the same thing everyday

He sure is a disruptor. Good on him.

Journalism lost its playground and would rather see it destroyed than have the proletariat getting equal billing.

I’m here for the coming ratio.

No. Just main stream can’t handle change.

Nah. He's just a rich right-wing jerk who enjoys spreading racism and fascism.

Remember when Leslie Stahl acted like the laptop could not verified? As CNN goes so does CBS'news'.

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