Elon Musk could really bankrupt Twitter. Here's how – with Ryan Broderick.

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk’s calamitous time at Twitter, or X as he wants to call it, has wrecked the platform. But could he go as far as tanking the company entirely? Today in The Bunker, Chris Jones speaks with Ryan Broderick, tech journalist and writer of the Garbage Day substack, to find out if we could see the end of the site – and what impact its demise would have upon the Tesla chief’s other business ventures. • "On X, you can see family friendly adverts beside some of the most hateful content you can imagine.” – Ryan Broderick • “Purely right wing social media platforms just don’t work." – Ryan Broderick • “Elon Musk has never found a rake he didn’t want to step on." – Ryan Broderick www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Chris Jones. Producer: Liam Tait. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.2	That might have seemed like a mad question a couple of years ago, but flash forward to today, and it could
1:15.0	actually become a reality. Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, which for some reason he's now named
1:21.1	X, so far hasn't worked out at all and last week his
1:25.3	relationship with advertisers got even worse after retold former investors to go
1:30.7	fuck themselves. Well joining me now to paint a picture of just how bad this situation could be for
1:36.9	the world's biggest social media platform is journalist Ryan and Broderick, his work you can see on
1:42.3	his sub- stack garbage date.
1:44.0	Hi Ryan.
1:45.0	Hello thank you for having me excited to talk about my favorite person in the world
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