X, Rated: Elon Musk’s First Year
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
It’s a year since Elon Musk formally completed his acquisition of X, formerly known as Twitter. Since then the business has faced a number of challenges, including ongoing issues surrounding content moderation and a battle to make the platform profitable.
To help us understand the business from all angles, Adam is joined by the BBC’s disinformation correspondent, Marianna Spring, and tech investor Ross Gerber.
And, the BBC’s Leila Nathoo drops in to discuss tensions in the Labour Party after Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham and Anas Sarwar all call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by George Dabby with Sam McLaren, Joe Wilkinson and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | A classic piece of misinformation today, so good job. |
| 0:08.2 | We've got misinformation, Marianna Spring. Hello. |
| 0:10.7 | Hello. |
| 0:11.7 | Did you or did you not when you saw the news that Taylor Swift |
| 0:15.2 | was potentially going to buy Knott's county? |
| 0:17.9 | Believe it or instantly disbelieve it? |
| 0:20.8 | I have to say I almost immediately shook it off as to say this. |
| 0:24.5 | Well, I guess, you know, |
| 0:28.9 | a lot of people have loved Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney |
| 0:32.9 | buying lead to Club Rexham. |
| 0:34.6 | And so everyone is very excited about the prospect |
| 0:37.4 | that maybe just maybe another celebrity, |
| 0:40.3 | a very famous celebrity could buy another football club, |
| 0:42.8 | EG, Taylor Swift, buy Knott's county. |
| 0:45.6 | However, they have ruled that out now. |
| 0:48.0 | So it's looking like it's not going to happen. |
| 0:50.6 | But it is a very classic example, isn't it, |
| 0:52.4 | of when we believe things that we want to believe |
| 0:55.6 | without actually checking if they're true? |
| 0:57.2 | Well, yeah, because I was going to say it takes two of the boxes |
| 1:00.1 | that you always do in your top tips |
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