Not political but do you think Elon Musk is trying to develop a streaming
Twitter TV service with the Carlson contract? I don't watch Carlson but that is a lot of money. Musk has the internet satellites and rockets to put them into space. He could soon turn Twitter into another streaming YoutubeTV and much more. Live broadcast with interactive Twitter posts in a box on the screen or other users interactions. I can imagine watching a Hokie football game with the awful Techsideline or Twitter comments popping on the screen LOL. TV will change for better or worse.
I always thought DirectTV and Dish are dying because they got rich and happy and did not adapt. They should have saw what Netflix was doing and started producing their own content. I expect Musk to be buying up more live content in the near future possible sports content.
If successful, I expect the Sherman Antitrust Act will eventually get slapped on him but he will be global and beyond just the US market reach. Maybe the Chicoms will be popping off those satellites if they don't like the message. The modern day Peter Weyland.
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3y
of Tucker's audience uses twitter, or would know how to since most of them are retirees. Doesnt sound like a very good business plan
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Amazing. This thread has lasted for over 5 hours, now... waiting for the...
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3y
who once again demonstrated lack of restraint
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3y
he was.
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I'm pretty sure everyone knows China is a Communist country and it is only a 5 letter word vs 6....just trying to help with the non-political vibe you are after.
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...continuing to flood our country with fentanyl, and doing everything in their power to undermine the USA...I almost forgot, they also are practicing actual slavery. They should be called CHICOMs because that's the best description of what they are.
Taiwan should be called "China" or "free China" because that's what they are...the only truly free China now that the CHICOMs have crushed all dissent in Hong Kong.
I think it's offensive to call the CHICOMs "China."
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3y
Only inside of China do they think of the it as "China".
So we're all good just saying China here. But if you insist , let's just go with Mainland.
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3y
to Chicom.
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3y
it is a term that was spoken 50 years ago but recently was resurrected/co-opted by a few talk show opinion show host. So parroting it everywhere only reinforces a political vent to a supposedly non-political post . Furthermore it isn't even necessary. The US is a Republic but we dont have to call it RepaMerica.
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3y
It will be interesting to see whether he gets shunned by what would normally be big sponsors, or whether most normal podcasters other than right wing fanatics will want to even use his service.
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3y
damn it that pesky first amendment!
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3y
with that. Once he took over Twitter, that's when people started to be divided.
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3y
I've always joked that he is the Wish.com version of Tony Stark.
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3y
...hero for "you all".
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3y
enforced here (kind of doubt it), but you'll be a big test since you are probably the biggest political hack on this site.
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3y
restrained as I can be.
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3y
1. He has already indicated he thinks Twitter can become the world's leading source for podcasts so he is definitely planning to move in that direction.
2. Governments (not just ours) will do everything they can to limit what he does.
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3y
regimes have a leg up. They can limit access to technology and kill or shot anyone trying to gain access.
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Yep, Deep State will get ya if they want to
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