[Hamuko]

This seems like wild conjecture. As far as I can tell, the only part where Musk ties into the story is the fact that he's monetising the checkmark. At no point is there actually any discussion on how Musk feels about journalists and their cbeckmarks.

I find the notion of "Musk overpaid for Twitter and is now desperately trying to figure out what people would pay for" as convincing if not more convincing, and to be backed up by as much evidence.