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by 93po 1354 days ago
More accurately - the media can't stay away from Elon. He's not out there doing PR circuits with this drama. A single tweet generates literally hundreds of articles.
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Why do you think he tweets? They both feed off each other.
Same reason you comment here? We all want to be heard and have a right to be.
There is a differencw between what he posted here and getting on Twitter during every crisis to say you're going to personally solve it with a submarine, guarantee a fix to the Flint water situation, etc. One is obviously seeking media attention and positive PR.
He'd get flak for not doing anything, you're giving him flak for offering help, assuming worst intentions.

He sent internet to Ukraine during the war, did you see other sat providers doing that?

Another company could have helped, aren't they worse for ignoring the issue entirely?

Or do you think it's better to not have any help from any company to make sure no good PR is had?

It isn't worth engaging with someone as soon as they mention submarine, ventilators, Flint, or the other various dumb talking points these people love. They're beyond help and don't care about reality, they just love calling the richest person on the planet an idiot.