Thousands of
WELCOME BACK TO THE BIG SATURDAY
SHOW.
TWITTER HAS A NEW SHAREHOLDER,
IT ELON MUSK WASTING NO TIME
CALLING OUT WASHINGTON POST
OP-ED CLAIMING RICH PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL
THE MEDIA.
OP-ED TITLE ELON MUSK VISION OF
FREE SPEECH WILL BE BAD FOR
TWITTER, STATE QUOTE MUSK WHOSE
NEARLY 81 MILLION DOLLARS OFTEN
PUNCHES DOWN IN HIS TWEET
DISPLAYING TOTAL EMPATHY.
MUSK’S APPOINTMENT TO TWITTER’S
BOARD SHOWS WE NEED REGULATION
OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO
PREVENT RICH PEOPLE FROM
CONTROLLING OUR CHANNELS OF
COMMUNICATIONS, HE TOOK TO
TWITTER TO RESPOND TO THE
ARTICLE WITH A SHORT RESPONSE,
LAST MY -- OFF.
JULIE, ELAINE POWELL.
[LAUGHTER] WHO WROTE THAT DELIGHTFUL PEACE,
WHO WROTE THAT DELIGHTFUL PEACE,
SHE’S THREAT MUSK IS A FREE
SPEECH ABSOLUTIST WHO WILL URGE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HARASSED TO HAVE
THICKER SKIN.
SHE SOUNDS LIKE TWITTER IS A
SUPPORT GROUP.
DOES SHE OVERESTIMATE MUSK’S
INFLUENCE ON TWITTER DO YOU
THINK?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE IN THE
SENSE YOU SHOULD HAVE SKIN IF
YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE THOSE WHO
NEED THE THICKEST OF THICK SKIN
ARE CONSERVATIVE AND ARE RICH
PEOPLE CONTROLLING SOCIAL MEDIA,
CONSERVATIVES, NO THEY ARE NOT
SO IT’S VERY CONVENIENT THAT
SOMEONE WHO GOT A LOT OF MONEY
IN CHARGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS
TELLING THE REST OF US TO HAVE
THICK SKIN WHEN THEY ARE NOT THE
ONES UNDER ATTACK WHEN IT COMES
TO TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND SO
FORTH.
>> SHE’S WRITING IN THE
WASHINGTON POST WHICH IS OWNED
BY JEFF BASIS WHO THE SECOND
BIGGEST BILLIONAIRE IN THE WORLD
AFTER ELON MUSK.
ACUTE COMPANY THERE.
SEAN, TWITTER ASKED FOR TROUBLE
WHEN A BAND TRUMP WHILE ALLOWING
CCP THREE RAIN AND WHEN THEY
LOCKED THE NEW YORK POST TO
ACCOUNT FOR REPORTING ON THE
HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP, IS IT TIME
TO BREAK UP THE COMPANY’S?
>> FIRST OFF, WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANY IS NOT RUN BY WHICH
COMPANIES?
THEY ARE ALL RICH WITH A
POLITICAL PERSUASION.
I DO THINK IT GOING TO BREAK
THEM UP, YOU NEED MORE PLAYERS.
YOU HAVE TECH COMPANIES SO BIG
THEY GOBBLE UP THE COMPETITION
AND ONE WAY OF THINKING, I WAS
IN CONGRESS NOW YEARS, IF I WAS
ABLE TO SHUT DOWN THE TOWN SQUAR
AND TAKE MY OPPONENT OFF SOCIAL
MEDIA AND SUPPORTERS OF SOCIAL
MEDIA AND MAKE THEIR MONEY TV
ADS, I WOULD HAVE ONE REALLY
EASILY.
THIS IS POWERFUL, THE SENSOR
YOUR DISSENTERS AND WHEN YOU
HAVE POLICIES SO BAD YOU CAN’T
DEBATE THEM IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
WHICH DEMOCRAT POLICIES ARE SO
BAD PEOPLE HATE THEM, THE ONLY
WAY TO DEAL WITH IT IS NOT TO
CHANGE POLICY, JUST SHUT DOWN
THE DISSENT.
CRAZY.
>> TOMI, I AM AMAZED AT THE
REACTION OF ELON MUSK BECOMING A
MAJOR SHAREHOLDER AT TWITTER,
YOU GOT MSNBC TIM O’BRIEN SAYING
THIS IS BAD NEWS FOR FREE
SPEECH.
ALL MUSK IS SAYING IS THEY WILL
HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF FREE SPEECH, WHY IS
THE AREA OF FREE SPEECH, WHY IS
THAT A THREAT TO THESE PEOPLE?
>> I’LL TELL YOU, IT’S A THREAT
TO BIG TEXT BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH
GETS OUT THERE, MAYBE PEOPLE
WILL CHANGE THE WAY THEY BOAT.
BIG TECH ESSENTIALLY THE DNC,
THEY CAN’T HAVE THAT HAPPENING,
WE CAN’T HAVE THE TRUTH GET OUT
AND I WANT TO SHARE A PERSONAL
STORY FROM THE OTHER DAY,
FACEBOOK, A BIG TECH WARDEN,
THEY BANNED ME FOR 24 HOURS AND
WOULDN’T LET ME POST A COMMENT
BECAUSE I TWEETED POSTED A TWEET
IN WHICH I SAID MAYBE THE
LIBERALS SHOULD CHIP IN FOR OUR GAS AND THAT YOUR LIBERAL
GAS AND THAT YOUR LIBERAL
FRIENDS NO.
THEY CONSIDER THAT HARASSMENT
AND BULLYING MEANWHILE I’M SURE
ALL OF YOU ARE WITH ME AND I’VE
HAD ACTUAL DEATH THREATS ON A
DAILY BASIS AND THEY DON’T
CONSIDER IT TO BE PART OF THEIR
TERMS AND CONDITIONS BUT WHAT’S
IMPORTANT FOR CONSERVATIVES WITH
ELON MUSK, FOR SO LONG BIG TECH
GIANTS SAY IF THEY DON’T LIKE
IT, CREATE YOUR OWN PLATFORM AND
CONSERVATIVES OR INDEPENDENTS
CREATE THEIR OWN PLATFORM LIKE
PARLER OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEN
THEY REFUSED TO CARRY THE APPS
ON APP STORES SO JUST JOIN THE
COMPETITION BUT THEN THEY FOUND
YOU OUT AND THAT’S WHY WE NEED
SOMEBODY LIKE ELON MUSK TO STEP
UP.
WE HOPE THIS IS ACTUALLY A
VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH NOT JUST
SAYING WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY BUT
HEARING WHAT YOU DON’T WANT TO
HEAR, LIBERALS.
>> THEY HAVE TO STOP SELECTIVELY
ENFORCING COMMUNITY GUIDELINES AND HATE SPEECH GUIDELINES.
AND HATE SPEECH GUIDELINES.
I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING FOR
YOU, AND JULIE I WILL HAVE YOU
RESPOND ON THE BACK END.
THIS IS BILL MAHER RECENTLY
TALKING ABOUT TWITTER AND HOW
IT’S BECOME THE REAL CONVOY.
>> IT BAD FOR FREE SPEECH AND
THEN THEY WILL GO SOMEWHERE AND
RESENTMENT AND IDEA THAT THE
PEOPLE GANGING UP AGAINST THE
MEDIA AND BIG TECH AND
GOVERNMENT, THAT IS THE CONVOY,
CONVOYS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> JULIE, YOUR REACTION QUICK.
>> I THINK AS FAR AS CONVOYS ARE
CONCERNED, ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE
ONLY TARGETING A CERTAIN
AUDIENCE, ANYONE WHO GOES ON
TWITTER OR FACEBOOK SHOULD HAVE
THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND
TOMI SHOULDN’T BE KICKED OFF
BECAUSE SHE’S ASKING LIBERALS TO
PAY HER GAS TANK, I’D LIKE TO
ASK THEM TO PAY FOR MY GAS AS