On Monday, podcast host Joe Rogan dropped a bombshell on his show, talking with guest Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi about “eccentric billionaire” Twitter owner Elon Musk’s leadership style and the platform’s sudden turn towards free speech despite media backlash.
Rogan was adamant about the liberal media’s silence over The Twitter Files, which he likened to a Watergate-level scandal. He said Elon Musk “truly believes that censored social media is a threat to democracy.” He added, “I believe it too.”
The pair discussed the radical transparency Musk has brought to the platform through the Twitter files.
“Elon Musk essentially spent $44 billion dollars to become a whistleblower of his own company,” commented Taibbi.
“I don’t think anybody ever anticipated that something like this would happen where Twitter would get sold to an eccentric billionaire who’s intent on letting all the information get released,” said Rogan referring to Musk’s release of the Twitter Files.
The conversation between the two centered around Musk’s acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion and the radical transparency he brought to the platform through the Twitter Files. “Elon Musk essentially spent $44 billion dollars to become a whistleblower of his own company,” commented Taibbi.
Rogan and Taibbi agreed that the left’s fickle attempt to smear Musk was an interesting phenomenon to watch. “There’s an amazing amount of resistance against him. And, you know, just the publicity campaign against him has been fascinating to watch,” Rogan noted. “People go from thinking that Elon Musk is this savior that’s bringing us these amazing electric cars and engineering new renewable rockets to he’s an alt-right piece of shit who wants Donald Trump back in the office. It’s fucking wild.”
Taibbi added,” He went from being the guy who made electric cars sexy to something to the right of Viktor Orbán in like ten seconds. It’s fucking amazing.”
Musk believes that the credibility of companies like Twitter can only be restored by lifting the veil on private company conversations. Taibbi said, “I think he also believes that the credibility of these companies can only be restored by telling people what they talk about in private or what they have been talking about, so he might be right about that.”
Joe Rogan and Matt Taibbi’s candid conversation about big tech censorship and the liberal media’s attempts to smear Musk is an eye-opening discussion to listen to. It’s clear that the liberal media is afraid of Musk and the truth he’s bringing to light.
