Elon didn't just break Twitter, Twitter broke Elon Musk, says 'Breaking Twitter' author Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich, ‘Breaking Twitter’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, now known as X, how the acquisition 'broke' Musk and altered his reputation in the process, and more. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: cnb.cx/2NGeIvi
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[@afreezaphorogiancossack2194]

"I don't want to hear what the elitist intellectuals" ... he wants to hear the elitist anti-intellectuals.

[@anthonyarmand3614]

The irony of Joe saying he doesnt care what the elites and academics are saying while he works for CNBC. Lmaooo. I didnt get the memo that CNBC became a channel for the common man/woman. Lol.

[@DimeDoppler]

Right 😂

[@afreezaphorogiancossack2194]

This guy trying to talk over the guest sure isn't employing the same tactics he accuses the "woke mob" of. Nosiree Bob.

[@helderalmeida2790]

Elon Musk should stay the hell away from politics he's really bad.

[@timower5850]

What a surprise that this would be this guy's take.

[@erch4882]

Stop talking over each other !!!!!!!!!

[@DarjaTruth]

He's trying to break the world with it, can't you see? But, he's bringing himself down with it as well, what he can't see (yet?). Well, Twitter was far from perfect, now his X 🪦is 99% from perfect.

[@Bryan-Hensley]

It's 99 percent from perfect for the communist wannabe Democrats. See ya

[@royprovins7037]

I have been waiting forever to find out what Ben Mezrich's thoughts are.

[@darshuetube]

what is the point if there's no much users left?

[@alexmajax]

Elon is using twixer to promote MAGA extremism, but at least he has a reason, he'll get a significant tax break, the other peasants for plutocrats will be happy until they realize that politics isn't a football game.

[@stevencole7331]

Elon and Trump are one in the same . When main stream abandon them they have been pulled more to the fringe which you could say is the dark side . These personalities want to be accepted but when they are not they lash out .

[@sethgerwitz]

One makes decisions on logic the other on emotion

[@user-xv9jm6jx9n]

Rubbish. Trump has nothing on Elon.

[@sumguy7716]

How is Elon on the fringe?

[@hassyg4083]

mainstream lash out if anyone doesnt support israel

[@Jogeta5]

Seek medical help.

[@rowanwood5397]

they keep interrupting him to share their opinions. c'mon, let the guy speak.

[@retirementplanner]

This Marxist is the literal Poster Child for the 'Woke Intelligentsia,' embodying the institutional decay and Marxist indoctrination that's being rightfully lambasted at our Universities and heretofore esteemed Institutions. Don't be fooled: these dogmatic zealots are out to subvert Western liberalism and enforce speech control with their Orwellian tactics. His rants are replete with Ad Hominems & childish emotional wailing, all seeking to discredit Elon and distract from the greater power struggle that the 'Marxist Wokies' are clearly losing. Fueled by spite against Elon's defiance of their agenda, and sensing their grip on power weakening, they're viciously attacking him, thereby revealing their profound bias. In short, this book and the author's media circus are a farce, designed to resonate with those already biased against Elon (a bias rooted in the very Marxist brainwashing perpetrated, quite ironically, by immoral grifters like Ben).-=

[@rowanwood5397]

@@retirementplanner you seem very caught up in all that woke versus anti-woke crap. Don't be such a victim of mass media narratives.

[@mygooya]

You know who must move to Fix news 😂

[@Zippezip]

Whoever the dude is with the short light brown graying hair is seems to be a narcissistic person who is always right and murmurs and talks over others.🤔Someday somebody has to explain to everyone what woke actually is and why it is bad as opposed to asleep?

[@fsckool6894]

let's be real, elon f'd up on this. He had good opportunity though!

[@maxreturn34]

The guy in the blue shirt with the tie is a joke

[@0zyris]

Elon should just shut Twitter down. Turn it off. Bang. Wouldn't that send a shockwave round the world!

[@ciaranorourke7171]

Ha. This guy does not like twitter now. Doesn’t suit him.

[@jackignatius]

Host in White Shirt has stayed too long at the fair.

[@goldeneastgun]

Elizabeth Holmes, Trevor Milton and Elon Musk are this generation greatest minds. This is why capitalism will always... Hmm? Wha?! Oh...

[@fonnyjootball512]

only elon and trump could lose money on social media in the age of social media...sad

[@onsokumaru4663]

And they cal him a genius

[@ericslee1980]

You can tell the guy in the tie needs to take an emergency dump.

[@michae1601]

Never used twitter and don't care about it,. Its getting to the point Tesla drivers are looking for alternatives

[@chem7553]

Funny to see how the politics of these high-profile people change, once economics suggest that it's their turn to give up some change

[@deandrewpowell]

Threads is better

[@Soloseas]

“I don’t want to hear what elitist intellectuals tell me I need to read”. Does this guy not realize he’s an elite? He just roots for a different team.

[@Rugelacharugula]

Replace “elitist intellectuals” with “liberals.” That’s it. He doesn’t care what facts are.

[@bloon3227]

I even can not hear wha the guest saying when Joe always interrupt the guest. Why not let joe talk always? Is him always the guest?

[@brendareed1463]

I know right he always interrupts the guest. He gets on my nerves. He wants everyone to agree with his point of view!!1

[@lavonnacasey5724]

Who’s the old white guy?

[@Tony-dk1bp]

Becky Quick is a the consummate host. No discernible bias.

[@camoospi9349]

Whose is that obnoxious presenter … annoying right monger he complains about the woke left and seems to so the same thing to the right

[@Tony-dk1bp]

Now Joe is the worst.

[@jondoyle300]

Elon does not look well. Looks overly stressed. Sad.

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

Let me play my microscopically tiny violin

[@darshuetube]

the dude in the center with the tie kept talking over everyone all the time. Let the other 2 people speak.

[@geralt3121]

Mr. Musk the first amendment guarantees my right to free speech. Whether you and your people at "X" like it or not or agree with it or not is irrelevant. Handing out suspensions the way your people do at "X" is criminal.

[@MK-oj8ol]

Joe and the lefty both self identify as 'center'. Funny. Newsflash, neither is center. Also, Joe is so annoying when he feels the need to constantly interrupt the guest if their opinion differs from his.

[@TaataGeo]

Only people NOT on twitter will believe twitter is broken !!!!!!

[@user-zo2pc5lu5q]

Plus with his A.I. rival to chatGPT it will ultimately be a money making machine!

[@user-ow1bn6qv8q]

@@user-zo2pc5lu5q Lol no it won't ChatGPT is a money losing machine.

[@superclaymaster]

White shirt dude has no clue how outside the range of moderate he is

[@kelculator3339]

Joe is horrible, he interrupts his guests constantly. I dont need his opinion, journalists are supposed to report and not offer their opinion. CNBC get rid of him please.

[@johnnick3]

Really? Every channel is only about opinions since the rise of social media. Or don’t you see Andrew R Sorkin’s opinions on the show?

[@royprovins7037]

I don't think Kernan ever claimed to be a journalist whatever that is

[@TheOutdoordad]

⁠@@johnnick3I don’t need Sorkins opinions either. Joe is an out of touch blow hard.

[@doNaldMusk-h28-hfkslP18]

Joe is the only sanity left at CNBC

[@devana3634]

Agreed. Joe just disagrees. He never offers any unique insights or anything interesting for that matter. We already know where he stands, let the guest speak.

[@hmm5131]

Who's the clown way too comfortable in his job?

[@letsdanceonhere]

Go Joe!

[@blakewinters6448]

All about Elon but nothing about x(Twitter)

[@DimeDoppler]

Why is Joe talking?

[@AM-uc4yd]

Musk is bigger than Edison.

[@hdaviator9181]

Just another muskrat opinion.

[@realamerican8069]

Not a lie told.. at lease Musk was an actual engineer!

[@hassyg4083]

lower than Turing

[@alphatube8586]

lol, people just be talking like they know Elon. This man just trynna sell a book

[@kisodev8515]

I like how rocks strive to understand air.

[@Skygirl777]

I strongly agree. Elon Musk is not the same person after Tweeter. And the changes are to the extreme negative.

[@erikson024]

No , twitter just exposed who Musk has always been

[@skytech2501]

the guys who want to ban short sellers wrote a book about ebon's free speech platform, The Irony.

[@thedefiantscorpion1476]

I agree with the guest speaker - Elon used to be loved and has ruined his reputation, before the take over he was thought of as Tony stark. A futurist helping humanity explore space, bring electric cars to the for front. And was genuinely liked as a cool guy. When he bought Twitter his politics became clear, his businesses came under scrutiny. His labor practices became clear, he wiped half of twitter staff. Then the whole union buster at tesla came to light because he was more prominent. His networth fell and he became a political figure on the right, so the other side started to hate him.

[@retirementplanner]

This Marxist is the literal Poster Child for the 'Woke Intelligentsia,' embodying the institutional decay and Marxist indoctrination that's being rightfully lambasted at our Universities and heretofore esteemed Institutions. Don't be fooled: these dogmatic zealots are out to subvert Western liberalism and enforce speech control with their Orwellian tactics. His rants are replete with Ad Hominems & childish emotional wailing, all seeking to discredit Elon and distract from the greater power struggle that the 'Marxist Wokies' are clearly losing. Fueled by spite against Elon's defiance of their agenda, and sensing their grip on power weakening, they're viciously attacking him, thereby revealing their profound bias. In short, this book and the author's media circus are a farce, designed to resonate with those already biased against Elon (a bias rooted in the very Marxist brainwashing perpetrated, quite ironically, by immoral grifters like Ben)......

[@thedefiantscorpion1476]

That's the most well actually moment i have ever seen. "Well actually if you think about it, fire is a better class specialization for mages because it does burst damage versus just a pure damge over time build." Do you even understand how niche your statement is? Instead of talking lamen to the rest of humanity you choose a clunky argument. @@retirementplanner

[@gabecodina]

His effect on Twitter wasto make it much more reliable with 20% of the staff. BTW his net worth now is MUCH greater than when he bought Twitter

[@hassyg4083]

Elon said UK is consumed with Woke and Zionism

[@ericmax978]

Managing money is different from accumulating wealth, and the lack of investment education in schools may explain why people struggle to maintain their financial gains. The examples you provided are relevant, and I personally benefited from the market crisis, as I embrace challenging times while others tend to avoid them. Well, at least my advisor does too, jokingly😊

[@SophiaMichael-ww4qd]

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[@ericmax978]

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[@Brigh578]

Wow, that’s stirring! Do you mind connecting me to your advisor please. I desperately need one to diversified my portfolio

[@user-im7qe6ve4t]

I've actually been thinking of reaching a portfolio-adviser, my 401k and stocks been losing everything it's gained since 2019, mind if I looked-up this one coach you use?

[@ericmax978]

The adviser I'm in touch with is *CAROLINA MELINA PHERSON* she works with Merrill, Pierce, Smith incorporated and interviewed on CNBC Television. You can use something else, for me she strategy works hence my result. She provides entry and exit point for the securities I focus on.

[@davidw6025]

Elon, PLEASE produce Satalite cell phones to **MAKE USE OF** Your Satellite network !! All Parents r **dying to buy for kids** !!!

[@theraddadinvestor1000]

these news anchors are a joke

[@theguilloriousmind5832]

Joe, are you drunk?

[@Ephesians514]

I agree with the guest speaker - Elon used to be loved and has ruined his reputation, along with Tesla's reputation due to his views and pursuing of control. Before twitter, most people liked him. Now, most people despise him.

[@WarriorChampion47]

As an investor I don’t .. he do what’s necessary

[@OP-op3rn]

I think most people that aren’t woke still have a lot of respect for this guy.

[@WarriorChampion47]

@@wysiwyg1 I am an investor that’s all I care. Nothing else matters other than company performance. If want to get emotional get a pet.

[@Ephesians514]

@@wysiwyg1 I haven't read it, no.

[@jlvandat69]

Musk's descent began before the Twitter debacle. The red flags began much sooner, e.g., promotion of crypto, a worthless 'asset'. The shrinks could see it, since such tragic downfalls have happened countless times to otherwise brilliant people. The prognosis is very poor unless Musk gets very good professional help.

[@drew123saulpaul]

This guest seems to have an agenda.

[@anthonyshirley995]

This guy has that virus 😅

[@shaduck06]

b/f musk, trump in email tweets.

[@lisabafundo4355]

Gfy- Elon Musk Squawk box

[@huntsalone2013]

A person who despises Elon wrote a book for people who despise Elon. It's your typical grifter.

[@thedefiantscorpion1476]

Do you think there will be a neutral author? You either talk to people who worships at the altar of elon or people who are disgruntled workers.You can't expect to find neutral people. Who exactly would be neutral, keep in mind they need to know the man personally .

[@sams8502]

Look at the comment section, this guy paid some PR team, it’s filled with bots

[@ElonMusk-fo7ob]

Hello Big fan

[@ElonMusk-fo7ob]

@@sams8502 Hello big fan

[@Neojhun]

@@sams8502Sorry doesn't not seem like at all. There is a lack of activity in the comment section. Weird script you copy and pasted there.

[@superclaymaster]

‘Woke’ everybody drink!

[@Neojhun]

Woke spamming scam.

[@MultiMolly21]

The richest man on the planet might need a tax write-off no? That's how this struck me from the start.

[@sethgerwitz]

He’s paid the most tax in US history

[@songohan3321]

Pretty sure Elon definitely broke Twitter.

[@robindehood207]

It needed to be broken from what it was.

[@gathrightcrystal]

Lets worry about Elon's money and not tax money 🤡

[@sethgerwitz]

Wdym?

[@gathrightcrystal]

@@sethgerwitz today is election day and I sent the day and most the evening news now in court w trump 🤦

[@brianmcfarland8377]

When you the richest you have the option to care or not

[@dirtbikematt3128]

Gosh, I wonder how Ben votes.

[@Neojhun]

The fact you care about and using that as your Only argument is disturbing.

[@dirtbikematt3128]

Yeah, I must be crazy to want reporters of news to be unbiased.

[@brandonezra2240]

Twitter a great now. Elon is great. Who needs more LEFTTTTTT

[@acornsucks2111]

Elon is not broke boss.

[@votewomensrightsgunscontro8617]

That republican dude with the blue tie is the biggest TOOL on television!!!

[@campbellseith6380]

Thank you Joe, voice of reason.

[@jasonmillner6416]

Joe is the best!! There is not many like him in mainstream media left

[@jacqueslucas8616]

Of course Becky u read Twitter first! Joe nailed it!

[@MeeeSH]

i couldn't disagree more with this opinion. elon's the hero humanity needed

[@billj4525]

I think one thing that's definitely true because of twitter is that a lot more people really dislike Elon.

[@johnnick3]

Mezrich is just stating the obvious- of course Musk knows buying twitter was a huge costly mistake. But more so because of: 1) had he waited about 2-3 weeks he could have got it for half the price. And 2) he wouldn’t have been so stupid to not allow for his due diligence and escape clause from the deal.

[@jlvandat69]

(3) No major corporate purchase has succeed where the buyer immediately fires most the management and employees. That's Business 101, but Musks inflated ego and need for domination blinded him.

[@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055]

buddy he backed off , court forced him to buy

[@johnnick3]

@@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055 right, because he didn’t bother his legal team to stipulate any due diligence requirements. He tied his own hands.

[@retirementplanner]

Okay bot. This Marxist is the literal Poster Child for the 'Woke Intelligentsia,' embodying the institutional decay and Marxist indoctrination that's being rightfully lambasted at our Universities and heretofore esteemed Institutions. Don't be fooled: these dogmatic zealots are out to subvert Western liberalism and enforce speech control with their Orwellian tactics. His rants are replete with Ad Hominems & childish emotional wailing, all seeking to discredit Elon and distract from the greater power struggle that the 'Marxist Wokies' are clearly losing. Fueled by spite against Elon's defiance of their agenda, and sensing their grip on power weakening, they're viciously attacking him, thereby revealing their profound bias. In short, this book and the author's media circus are a farce, designed to resonate with those already biased against Elon (a bias rooted in the very Marxist brainwashing perpetrated, quite ironically, by immoral grifters like Ben)..-

[@ComrDannycruz-on6qp]

Hsb

[@jasonmillner6416]

Ben says he is center, LMAO! he is so far left that even moderate lefts are far right conspiracy theorists to him haha

[@gathrightcrystal]

Glad y'all know Elon but don't know Biden 💯

[@yousefsafa5248]

Mr. Mezrich needs to read on first amendment.

[@chri6393]

GOP Joe rides again lol

[@dirtbikematt3128]

I'm sure his book is unbiased and neutral.

[@hawaiisbroker]

Provocative title...but I disagree. My respect for Elon has never been higher - but I could see how the major news agencies would feel threatened, I mean you are competitors and right now, he's winning.

[@zt2155]

This guy has probably never spoken to Elon.

[@kennethperry4484]

You lost

[@cathalbutler]

Elon, saved twitter, and wiped the floor with people like Ben… we owe him a great deal for his unwavering belief in freedom of speech….. and don’t worry too much Ben you can always ride on his coattails just like you been doing so far.

[@iamapat]

What a load of BS. This guy has Elon living in his head rent free.

[@WarriorChampion47]

Well you are profiting off this book off him aren’t you.. should be grateful then 😅 hope it doesn’t sell lol😂

[@thedefiantscorpion1476]

You mean to say an author wrote a book to make money?

[@trader9926]

This comes out just as he exposes them in Joe Rogan. Further proving his point of government control 😂

[@cathalbutler]

Thank God for Elon and people like him, exposing government corruption….

[@omarcisneros]

Elon is a hero ❤

[@jesussavesfromhell9320]

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 1 Corinthians 15:3 that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 🌎

[@Littleguy-dg5gp]

Another wild lefty.

[@johnshaff]

“It’s a dirty circus now” clown take by a clown writer. Long live X!

[@gathrightcrystal]

Why are y'all on Musk while Hunter is in a bathtub and his daddy has Burimsa and Chinese money . Didn't meta get sued over censorship already

[@chasewimpy]

Good on him for standing up to this woke trash.

[@nagarjuna247]

Elon said time and again that he bought Twitter not for money but to save the humanity. End of the day he still richest person on earth that is every wokees nightmare 😂

[@afreezaphorogiancossack2194]

Right wingers claims about a "woke mob" are a rough index of how out of touch they are with reality. The earth really is dying, and it's getting in the way of profits for the megacorps that make them rich via passive income. As a nation we are on the verge of being unable to pay for space exploration and it is just as well because we can't even handle ourselves on this planet, much less colonize a planet as loaded with poison as Mars. His big talk about going to Mars is just that, big talk. If he were serious about space exploration he would be dedicating his energy to colonizing the MOON, but that doesn't sound as exciting. It is a cheap, tacky PR move that he will not follow through on because we can't even save ourselves.

[@AmunRa1]

LOL, you believe that "save humanity" crap? Mister "free speech" bought Twitter to ban people who say mean things about him.

[@hassyg4083]

George Soros and the others are just as wealthy will just get together and oust Elon

[@Tennis2016]

the other half hating him are sheeples and mind skates of corporate media

[@mysticwatersoo]

Joe is right.

[@user-qo5sx4xe9w]

This guy should read books. Not write them. Cashing in on the bashing of musk. No one will remember you.

[@DONKALLSONG]

Clearly a hater

[@neilwadden1749]

Democrats melting down over free speech 😂

[@paulvalencia6208]

BS. We are not going to buy your book--period

[@nagarjuna247]

Typical woke meltdown,

[@artinweddings]

This is not going to age well lol. This Ben character is trying to sell his book, obviously.

[@user-br5or7mr5w]

Just wait... X will be up 10 fold.