Elon Musk Conducts Poll, Doesn't Like Results, Conducts New Poll, Still Doesn't Like Results

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Over a dozen journalists, including CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, were suspended by the new CEO of the social network.

The drama began when Musk accused Jack Sweeney, a university student, of being responsible for an alleged encounter between his infant son and a stalker. Musk threatened to file a lawsuit.

The allegations are not very strong. Critics pointed out that the encounter wasn't near an airport, and the LAPD didn't receive a report of it.

Musk banned Mastodon's account because it posted a link to Sweeney's alternate account on its service.

Even for the hypocritical Musk, Musk abruptly suspended their accounts after news reporters pointed out that the overreaction was blatant.

In the past, Musk shied away from making difficult decisions himself, but this time he asked his followers what he should do.

"Unsuspend accounts who dozed my exact location in real-time," Musk wrote, listing the options ranging from "now" to "tomorrow" to "longer."

There's only one problem. The majority of respondents told Musk that he should get the accounts back up and running.

Musk made up a dumb excuse, "sorry, too many options," and posted a new poll with just two options, "now" and "in 7 days."

The majority voted to restore the accounts again.

Musk, the second richest man in the world, is unwilling to accept no as an answer. As of late, a lot of his decisions have been based on that ethos.

The jet fiasco felt contrived at the end of the day. Musk admitted that his plane is not trackable without using public data.

It's sad that the once vital platform has turned into an extension of Musk's warped sense ofreality.

He's the CEO of a private company and can do what he wants. It is just business.

The banning of critics from the platform is a turning point. After his takeover, Musk's questionable actions caused the company to slide even further in the wrong direction, becoming a safe haven for conspiracy theorists.

After dissolving the existing moderation team when he took over, Musk has shown no desire to build a moderation team.

The finances of the company are in a bad state. Employees at the company's headquarters in San Francisco are sleeping on makeshift beds in conference rooms because Musk has refused to pay rent.

It's possible that Musk was looking for an excuse to bash out at the media, which he believes is an example of left-wing ideology and political correctness.

Washington Post columnist and author Greg Sargent said that Musk's banning of journalists again shows that we need to update our understanding of his tactics. Right wing information warfare is being waged by him. Domination over journalistic enemies is the main thing here.

The decision to ban journalists who reported on an account that tracked Musk's private jet was defended by him in a social media space.

Musk is a free speech champion who has been criticized by journalists.