Elon Musk Vs Taibbi Drama Getting UGLY

Elon Musk posted and then deleted private DMs with journalist Matt Taibbi. Twitter user Jay McKenzie got screenshots of the DMs, which were sent on Signal, a private messaging app that automatically deletes messages after a certain period of time.
MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan reacted to Musk's deleted Tweets by saying, "I guess Elon Musk releasing his private DMs with Matt Taibbi kinda clears up once and for all that whole kerfuffle in Congress over whether Musk was Taibbi’s source. 🤷🏽‍♂️ It’s also a reminder that Musk, a la Trump, is loyal to no one. A lesson Taibbi learned the hard way."
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[@RD-zx6py]

Matt Taibbi when being interviewed by Medhi: The Twitter Files prove that the powerful and privileged had an unfair amount of access to Twitter that the average user never had and that's wrong. Also Matt Taibbi: Contacts Twitter's billionaire owner personally via a secure backdoor channel asking him to intercede on his behalf regarding a policy/personal thread. Great stuff Matt. Outstanding.

[@vivahernando1]

It's cool when he does it

[@dingai]

brilliant. spot on! and funny 🤣

[@jaefrmbk2k]

🏆

[@nickybabs]

Ouch babe. Verrry ouch.

[@Don-md6wn]

Taibbi while getting humiliated by Mehdi - I can't just contact Twitter and get a tweet taken down. 2 days later has a DM exchange with his former bestie Elon Musk, excuse me Harry Bols.

[@johnlow810]

Elon Musk is forever stuck in like a 16 year old mindset. I apologize to 16 year olds for comparing you to him

[@soulknife20]

He's like if a 14 year old and an oil baron from the early 1900s got stuck in the same body

[@nerag7459]

I'd say 12 but my 12 year old wouldn't do that.

[@RosieRoserules]

8

[@spooley]

@@soulknife20 wasn't that a Disney movie? A Jason Bateman vehicle no doubt.

[@carolyntalbot947]

More like 14, the age that teenaged boys fall down the Alt-Right pipeline (which targets them with misogyny.)

[@cqtaylor]

Once again, Emma demonstrates her comedic skills - satire is definitely a strongpoint for her here. I especially enjoy her Taibbi impersonations.

[@ghostpiratelechuck2259]

Matt is a legend in journalism. Emma is so dumb even Sam can barely stand her… if she wasn’t such a yes person always stroking his ego she’d be working at buzzfeed.

[@GaiaCarney]

I agree! It’s nice to hear Emma speak without being CONSTANTLY interrupted 😝

[@patrickflanagan3762]

Both her Taibbi and her Musk impressions are pretty good.

[@dirtyfranku]

Her ben shapiro voice is a1🔥

[@JordanOrlando]

Her Trump voice is great too! It’s got a quality that technically better Trump imitations lack

[@pimentoso]

Emma: "I sympathize with Matt... Wait, that's too far." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaefrmbk2k]

😄

[@pimentoso]

@@jaefrmbk2k🤜🏽🤛🏼😄

[@ohnooffwego]

I am absolutely not above basking in the drama between these two tools.

[@turbo8481]

Same here. Lol

[@ianhruday9584]

I like the double meaning.

[@9000ck]

the warm glow of karmic appreciation.

[@vgaportauthority9932]

Same!

[@FakingANerve]

Same. Hey, there's no shame in loving a good, smelly dive bar! Cheers. 🍻

[@kaliver517]

The most telling thing for me is that Taibbi is only concerned about the "optics" involved with being hired by Twitter. Tell us you've sold out without telling us you've sold out, Matt.

[@TheAnticorporatist]

“Baby don’t you sign that paper today she said, but I can’t work in fast food all my life…” ;-)

[@polferiferus1938]

For his front-facing positions it’s a fatal admission (that Taibbi never expected anyone to see).

[@ConwayBob]

To say "only" suggests that you may be reading your own agenda into Matt's text. I don't see him using that word in any of these messages.

[@OhNotThat]

Talibi is very much aware over optics because that's all he is. The man gave up substance a long time ago, this is the bed he made and now he's lying it and knows how bad it is since he got the frontrow seat.

[@numberonedad]

​@@ConwayBob worrying about these particular optics means they're his priority. It's amusing that there's still anyone left defending this utter hack though.

[@apokolipsmeow5481]

Didn't Taibbi also say that he "didn't have a direct line to Twitter"? He literally has encrypted DMs with the CEO of Twitter. 😂

[@diallo1347]

It's not a direct line because his DM first goes to a server before Elon receives it. It is just an instant indirect line to the CEO/billionaire. 😂😂😂

[@sandiaYpescado]

That’s not what he was talking about and you know it. Twisting that around isn’t done in good faith.

[@FakingANerve]

@@sandiaYpescado please elaborate

[@quantize]

@@sandiaYpescado objecting to it is bad faith, its quite obviously true.

[@jamesavery2862]

I love that Emma is slowly turning in to Sam. Waxing poetic about being petty. That's a Sam move done in sam's cadence

[@17utk]

Exactly. Her opening riff is so Sam

[@aylio3745]

Anyone else find it kind of ironic that Tiabbi's reporting was about how Biden's campaign received special consideration by Twitter, and now we're seeing both show, in real time, how Taibbi is receiving special consideration by Twitter?

[@ding-go]

Proving once you go conservative, so goes any self awareness.

[@rickschroeder9012]

Matt is just another rich guy. Elon is just another trump who doesn’t have a building for sale and gambles with government handouts.

[@KG9551]

Emma’s Matt Taibbi impression is so funny it reminds me of the late great Michael Brooks’ impression of Chris Matthews… always had me in hysterics 😂

[@kcolonelx6181]

This guy is the CEO of several multi-billion dollar companies...let that sink in for a minute.

[@TheCalebMoline]

It’s a wonderful satire of American meritocracy.

[@seaoftranquility7228]

For a while there he was the richest man on Earth.

[@maxsmart645]

Government funded Tesla and Congress gave Musk the technology behind SpaceX and Starlink and funded both and continues to fund them.

[@bsaintnyc]

hes not a genius and its obvious

[@Vaderoid]

Inherited wealth is a helluva drug

[@oldsesalt8496]

Hey Elon! Your check bounced! - Taboobi

[@soulknife20]

The best part is, Elon was totally the source and tried to hide the whole situation and deny he was the source.

[@kaitlyn3168]

Classic Elon

[@Rickinsf]

My thought was "who else could it possibly be?"

[@sylviewalker7560]

I dare any Journalist to turn down an option to analyze twitter files. I stand by Matt Taibbi.

[@royrdze]

@@sylviewalker7560so you stand with a guy who has been caught again and again making a narrative by misconstruing evidence and or purposely neglecting to give the whole story just so him and twitter can make money by charging people to read the twitter files……… coool I guess….

[@theybybaby-gz7rp]

@@sylviewalker7560, he did not "analyze Twitter's files." lol He was spoonfed a curated selection of material musk thought would support the narrative he wanted. And it didn't even do that!

[@HidingFromFate]

Emma Vigeland: "you can eat the exposure for dinner"

[@boatymsboatface3929]

and, “an exposure run car”😂😂😂😂

[@cameronthaijohnson]

Emma's Taibbi impersonation is killing it

[@johnmossawir3314]

That’s an absolutely brilliant take on the right wing. They don’t have overriding principles - just feelings about whether someone is good or bad.

[@AwesometownUSA]

“This man’s brain is a ball pit” haha man, the 2nd producer guy (what’s his name again?) has been really coming into his own during the Matt Lech jury duty arc

[@Yungrexy]

Is it Brandon or Brendan?

[@raybeauvais296]

Can't imagine Tabby's Substack subscribers are going to be all that impressed by this grovelling.

[@sdg172]

Taibbi folded quicker than a fold up chair.

[@countchoculitis1528]

Taibbi folded faster than Superman on laundry day.

[@serpico1616]

Taibbi folded faster than an Asian laundromat manager

[@liamhickey359]

Can see Matt rearranging the deckchairs on his own personal Titanic drama. Hopefully. One lives in hope.

[@TheCalebMoline]

Taibbi folded faster than David making Moira Rose’s enchilada sauce, but to be fair, so would most people.

[@sidsuspicious]

Folded faster than an accordion.

[@lamontcranston3177]

Someone needs to convince Taibbi and Musk that there would be nothing cooler than if they mud wrestled on Twitter.

[@peterbondy]

Musk will do a twitter poll to see if his fan base thinks it’s a good idea. Which they would.

[@Troweliton]

This gits better by the millisecond.! How to find a suitable Mark to actualize! Wldnt we all relish THAT extended millisecond?¿! I just don't know..!

[@GS-kj5pc]

Billionaire genius at work! There's nothing to see here.

[@kaitlyn3168]

Tony Stark of our time!🎉

[@claricehenderson1937]

*Justin Hammer* is more like it... 🙄

[@smallguy2]

Ok, but have considered how tasty Elons boot is? 🤨

[@garypellerin5576]

I was thinking butt.

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

Taibbi enjoys that boot, but he also loves money 😢 what a conundrum.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

ok, so compromise: *BOOTY!!*

[@felicityc]

twitter is showing us things that would normally only happen in a board room office or the CEO's private minigolf course and never publicized, brilliant

[@joshuapowers4623]

That's because Twitter is the first company Musk has headed that wasn't built with a dedicated internal apparatus which it's only function is to contain Elon Musk.

[@lau_dhondt]

Keep the impressions going Emma :D

[@jakublizon6375]

Lmao I love her Talibi impression. It's so spot on.

[@rolloutthebarrel]

elon really showing us all how a true free speech absolutist rolls

[@supastratt]

Offer him a horse Elon 🐎 Works every time!

[@shis1988]

I bet it wouldn't on Vaush. Because he'd need two.

[@LiveAndLetLivia]

This is so awesome 😂😂😂 and I'm loving Emma & Brandon's Taibbi impresh lol

[@otacon8225]

I don’t think Elon understands the need for a reliable source of income. He will never have the fear of running out of money.

[@Swediepinoy]

What are bills?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Loving these and Emma's impressions

[@dankprole7884]

Damn, Elol didn't even offer to buy Taibbi a pony

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

So who's going to run to cry on Joe Rogan's shoulder first.....Matt or Elon?

[@derrickfoster644]

Matt will be announced first but elon will be a surprise guest before Matt comes on.

[@aaronsande]

OK you can't ding Elon for saying "you are employed at Substack" because Taibbi LITERALLY SAID "where I was already employed."

[@mgm8822]

The shit birds are getting theirs. Taibbi thought he would be best friends with the biggest man child on the planet?

[@jloiben12]

Matt deserves this lol

[@hrcummings1113]

Posting their dms on their main. Imagine hearing that phrase in 1995 lol

[@dredgerivers7730]

I think the Simpsons once depicted Ed Begley Jr. driving a car powered by his own sense of self satisfaction and superiority...

[@boatymsboatface3929]

Lol!

[@Ogami79]

Emma is killin it!

[@ssmcfadyen8520]

Being courted by the richest man……… well that went well as expected😮

[@burtonmatterhorn]

Great work Emma!!

[@danielx555]

People shouldn't be too harsh on poor little Matt. Remember, he has or potentially might have human DNA, and he deserves all the consideration that an entity with traces of human DNA should receive.

[@Don-md6wn]

Damn good Taibbi impression from Emma!

[@stevemorales4098]

These guys fawn all over Joe Rogan. Matt Taibbi likes going on Joe Rogan's podcast and wants Joe Rogan to like him. Joe Rogan likes Elon Musk . . . therefore Matt Taibbi must like Elon Musk.

[@markc9949]

Emma: Should we be above this drama? Meanwhile I'm here watching this like the meme of two girls punching each other out and I'm the girl in the lawn chair eating popcorn.

[@martinsesama3462]

When a great man falls, cowards rejoice

[@_MrTV]

NOOOO, you shouldn't be above this drama!

[@AutumnWytch999]

Emma, you are doing a bang-up job and I'm lovin' this soap opera! Sam needs to take vacay more often! 🤣😂😅

[@ZorroinArkham]

You are NEVER BETTER THAN DRAMA

[@Feefa99]

Not a genius, not a playboy, not a filantropist - Hairy balls

[@PetrPivo]

These days, the desperation of the Majority Report for relevance is palpable. Can't believe I once thought they brought something to the conversation.

[@eddiebright5587]

Judging on a case-by-case basis is bad: always generalize per Airhead America here.

[@Remmy112]

Make that 🐱 bend the knee eeeeelawn 😅😅. Show him the benefits of selling your credibility to a billionaire 😂😂😂

[@mykotron]

Geez I wonder whose side Rogan will take.

[@LP-ct9nk]

He’s gonna pull a “can’t we all get along” neutral while quietly siding with musk in the long run

[@kurt1618]

The Drama is unreal. Im not sure what is worse the kids fighting or the media covering the 4th-grade antics.

[@Team_AlanWalker]

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[@Creamy6oodness]

Jesus her impression is spot on 😂

[@kilgoretrout413]

Good Taibi impression 👍🏾

[@PrudentStudent666]

Love means never having to say your sorry Harry Balz

[@BrantleyJd]

Emma might be enjoying this a little too much 😅

[@ordohereticus3427]

Hahahaha! Emma’s doing great mimicking these two clowns when she reads their messages.

[@eliusbuklee6030]

The impersonations 😂

[@marl6908]

11:29 They 'support journalists' but they're using ad-blocker xD

[@stephencronin5039]

Should we be above mocking this? I don't think so!

[@famfamfam5782]

Yeah substack lured a few writers w 6 figure “signing bonuses” I think. Not sure exactly how it worked but I know that for a fact from the horse’s mouth from one substack writer who got this kind of signing bonus

[@blairmcian]

Why is one person always on-screen while her interlocutor never is?

[@MrDiggityaus]

Taibbi had major issues with Biden campaign having direct lines of communication with Twitter. Taibbi then DIRECTLY communicates with the owner of Twitter in order to enquire about his tweets.

[@Team_AlanWalker]

Thanks great fan 👏You are winner today.please ensure to reach out the media team directly on telegram with the username above 🔝 to claim your prize.

[@johnboy32064]

No you should NOT be above this drama!!!! I LIVE for it!

[@denisejacks6109]

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO!! LOL

[@petersmith6513]

Word to the wise Taibbi - never piss off your pimp.

[@anonymoususer6037]

But it's Festivus! It's time to air grievances!

[@SamtheWarden]

Excellent Taibi impersonation 😂

[@muty1723]

Wow. I knew very little of the man (mostly Phillip DeFranco and other creators like internet today talking about him) but so far he'd come across as a very likeable person. Knowing now that he suffers from many of the same BH conditions I do makes me feel for him. Anxiety and specially imposter syndrome is f**king rough.

[@timlampasona6925]

Every time Matt gets betrayed his gen x vocal fry gets 10% raspier

[@sakomanlee]

It has got to be really tough for the demons who are torturing Hearst and Pulitzer in Hell to keep a straight face.

[@nickc7502]

You cannot MAKE a billion dollars, but you can TAKE a billion dollars.

[@SWOOP_SWOOP]

I miss being able to believe in Elon. I also miss being able to trust self driving in my car.

[@mcoguyaj]

Acting like a couple in High School that broke up and wanted to know why .

[@Alex-cw3rz]

It's like two teenagers

[@MartineReed]

Elon’s Juviderm is melting and Taibbi looks like he is sleeping outside in a cardboard box.

[@otmanh]

I look forward to see more leaking of the conversations between both. One of the craziest things about the Twitter files saga, is that in the USA apparently someone can take over a company, go through employee emails and internal communications, and then publish them to the world without any consent. I think that's completely nuts. So yeah, this is just Karma.

[@polferiferus1938]

All that feigned outrage Taibbi expressed

[@alee1700]

Amazing impersonation of Taibbi Emma - lmao

[@himawariuzumaki6066]

What is this about the fox and the scorpion? I always remembered the fox and the gingerbread man

[@Team_AlanWalker]

Thanks great fan 👏You are winner today.please ensure to reach out the media team directly on telegram with the username above 🔝 to claim your prize.

[@cgrim1584]

Her impressions are great.

[@GarethReecewood]

Emma actually does a really good Taibbi impression 😂

[@LateCambrian]

the Tesla runs on exposure.

[@ladyvanda]

I’m still curious about the messages and official documents Tim Pool tweeted about Taibbi after the Eliza Bleu/Musk twitter controversy. Pool only left it out for a few minutes but it showed Taibbi is co-owner of a shady online reputation/controversy manufacturing company. Some SEO bs. Pool had a big conspiracy theory around this, but I still find it interesting Taibbi refuses to respond.

[@Optimus.Prime.]

Lmao I found the peanut gallery of the internet! It’s this channel

[@noahlinsk]

Emma has very good impressions of both Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk. Chops!

[@nn17fi99]

I love Emma’s Taibbi and Elon impressions 😂

[@MichaelTorres-b2v]

I bet Elon is listening to “You Oughta Know,” by Alanis Morissette on repeat all night.

[@floraposteschild4184]

Never back a rat into a corner.

[@firestormingfox4169]

Elon texts like my shitty landlord texts when they're trying to break the terms of my lease

[@ben5154]

I feel like this was manufactured from at least one side, maybe both.

[@Havarti_Samebito]

It's so funny to me how Musk is so out of touch he can't even do petty middle-schooler behavior properly. Like, you're not supposed to call YOURSELF something like Harry Balls, you're supposed to do it to someone else whom you don't like, i.e. Giving your teacher a rude yet similar nickname, changing the name in your contacts when you're mad at your friend, and so on. It would make more sense if he had his employees change Matt's name to something dumb instead, or whoever else he's currently mad at. It's amazing how he'll never run out of things to be bad at.

[@xjaskix]

i once thought both of these dudes were intelligent, honest people :(

[@johnherring4394]

So basically musk used taibi to get the message out that he wanted out and now hes dumping him

[@jordanwhisson5407]

I used to have a little respect for taibbi until

[@jackjackthompson5771]

He sounds like he is beholden to Musk. They are speaking almost like boss and employee.

[@dc7370]

Ugly is D/R arms deals. Over a million people drinking lead in the Chicago area is ugly. People spied on to the fuzz ball is ugly. No prob here.

[@TylerHumphrey05]

Shout out to Bradley. Coming alive recently bringing a lot of energy. And works great with Emma. She had me cracking up when she went into her Taibbi vocal fry impression yesterday. I miss Michael so much but you all are doing an amazing job in his place and he would be proud. Left is best Woop Woop

[@quantize]

this!

[@roccofranzino4069]

Harry Balsac