Musk says he’s lined up $46.5 billion for his Twitter buy
Washington Post
The Spin
Left narrative
This is bad news. Musk has a flippant attitude toward authority, and his naïve vision of Twitter as a platform of unlimited free speech is dangerous and almost unattainable. Twitter executives were right to tighten the rules to limit nefarious uses of their platform, and shouldn't have bowed to pressure.
Right narrative
Twitter needs Musk to help end the censorship the Left is using to reset American Marxism. There's no reason for the woke executives at Twitter to fight a Musk takeover unless they're afraid they won't be able to control public discourse, or that he'll discover ethical, moral and legal problems at the company.
Cynical narrative
Musk and his businesses face extraordinary regulatory headwinds and potential legal liabilities. Could the Twitter gambit be a way to curry favor with a certain segment of right-wing Republicans to try to sidestep those pressures?