Laid Off Workers Love Musk- The Media’s PR Spin
The media’s PR spin has gone into overdrive once again, for their wonder boy Elon Musk and his billions in taxpayer funded adventures. This is how the next generation tech tycoon is promoted to tech fans and the general public all around the world. Just like his ‘philanthropist’ predecessors, he gets the red carpet treatment, as a servant of the corporate industrial complex.
Let’s take a look at some media headlines:
Well according to Musk himself, who was torn at the difficult prospect of losing these workers, this story was "leaked" to the media, before he made the public announcement….oops. But why would someone be annoyed at a leak such as this, with those types of glorious headlines, praising him in this way?
Looking at those headlines and the twitter feeds that the media is promoting, you would think that the majority of people are more than happy to be “fired”. However as usual the media spin provides us with a few positive twitter messages that support the PR line, when there were at least 3000 employees who lost their jobs. Why is this important? Well, all of those employees were forced to sign confidentiality agreements, which forbade them from making disparaging remarks against Tesla. There is also an interesting fact in the last line of this Sydney Morning Herald article, that states Musk just purchased almost $25 million in Tesla shares, just this Tuesday.
So much media love all around. Not for the workers, but for Elon Musk himself. Why such positive headlines, when the reality is actually buried at the bottom of the story as usual? Isn’t it convenient that the real story is always left to the last paragraph of a news story?
Visit the article below by @geke to see how Tesla and Musk are part of the same revolving door corporatocracy, unlike the lone-wolf story you read from the media outlets.
https://steemit.com/corporatism/@geke/gekevenn-tesla
Here is a video of Musk explaining his thoughts on the man Tesla himself, and his nemesis in Thomas Edison.
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nicola tesla is a genius
Sure was!
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He basically then likes Edison because he was a "salesman" and "conman" I have pretty much always detested E musk with from early on, he now goes down in my estimation to below pond life.
+1
Hey @palikari123 yes it's difficult to believe that people swallow his good cop routine. Have you seen the film Kingsman? To me, the Samuel L Jackson character is a nod towards Musk ;)
Actually, I have not seen that movie. Thanks for the heads up, will have to check it out!
There's nothing the media (alt included it seems) loves more than a self-promoter!
Absolutely...have to sell that product and keep the door revolving:)
What kind of person makes his former employees sign a doc saying you won't criticize "the boss"???
The type that buys shares, just before firing them. Shhhhhhh!
Tesla said it himself. He would become the scientist of the 21st century. #Nicola Tesla is the real genius. Musk is a puppet marketeer. Edison was like Musk.
Completely concur!
Interesting article.
Musk bought his shares the same day he tweeted. The tweet was just after 11 a.m., I didn't see when he bought the shares.
He should paint his private car purple, to go with his pimp mentality.
haha...nice one
If you want another laugh, check out this rock-throw I'm having with a capitalist (in the comments :)
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Wow thanks! Sounds interesting. Is there a website to check out, or is that still in the works?