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Actually, Interviewing Presidential Candidates Is a Good Thing

Plus: RFK Jr. thrown off the N.Y. ballot, Ukraine advances into Russia, and more...

Reason

OPINION - Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump was a humiliation of the two biggest egos on the planet

Talk about “weird”. First, Elon Musk boldly promised that his conversation with Donald Trump was about to begin live on X. Fifteen minutes later, the sound of silence was deafening. Trump and Musk fans began panicking. Can you hear anything, they tweeted nervously? Nope, me neither. Musk eventually popped up…

Evening Standard

What’s DDoS, the cyberattack Musk claims disrupted Trump’s interview?

Several listeners reported error messages as they attempted to access the interview link.

Al Jazeera

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Donald Trump returned to X and shares in his media company hit a 4-month low

"The value of TMTG’s brand may diminish if the popularity of President Trump were to suffer."

Fortune

Elon Musk claims live X chat with Trump was hit by a DDoS attack — but no-one believes him

End-times Twitter is seemingly in such a state that it can’t handle a simple audio interview, and Musk's feeble excuses fall flat once again.

TechRadar

TechScape: Why Musk’s rabble-rousing shows the limits of social media laws

Twitter under the tech owner has become the perfect test case for the UK’s new legislation – but critics say more needs to be done

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs quitting Twitter/X due to 'hate' and 'disinformation'

LABOUR MPs have started to quit Twitter/X, with one saying that Elon Musk had turned it into a “megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right…

The National (Scotland)

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Trump Holds Meandering Live 'Chat' With Backer Musk, After Delay

Donald Trump ran through his checklist of conspiracy theories Monday in a rambling conversation with his uber-wealthy supporter Elon Musk that was initially derailed by what the tech titan said was a technical glitch.

International Business Times

Trump returns to X with two-hour Elon Musk chat hit by technical glitch

Trump had not posted on the platform since 2023, when he shared a mugshot taken after his surrender to a Georgia jail.

Al Jazeera

Trump wanted Elon Musk to give him a reset — he didn’t get one

Andrew Feinberg breaks down Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s talk with X owner Elon Musk. While it was promoted as a game-changer, the sound of the president’s voice will become the top talking point

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s X suffers tech failures at start of Donald Trump interview

Musk blames cyber-attack as conversation is delayed, resembling glitchy launch of Ron DeSantis’s campaign

The Guardian - US

Trump repeats same talking points during Musk interview - but the former president’s ‘lisp’ steals the show

‘Did Trump pause campaign rallies because of this massive lisp he has on this Twitter interview with Elon?’ one X user posted.

The Independent UK

X users lament tech problems preventing them from hearing Trump and Musk interview

The interview was set for Monday night on X Spaces, but encountered technical difficulties before even getting on-air.

The Independent UK

Trump To Be Interviewed By Supporter Elon Musk On X

Donald Trump will be interviewed Monday live on X by its billionaire owner Elon Musk -- an influential supporter -- as the Republican ex-president rejoins the platform following a lengthy absence.

International Business Times

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The Independent UK

Ex-Twitter chairman sues X for $20m

Omid Kordestani joined Twitter on a $50,000 salary, but the bulk of his compensation was in stock options, according to the lawsuit

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: voters against treaty or truth-telling commission, baby foods flunk tests, UK anger at Elon Musk

Guardian Essential poll shows only one-third of voters back Indigenous treaty; all baby and infant foods fail to meet WHO standards; former Twitter boss calls for strengthened online safety laws

The Independent UK

Elon Musk spent billions to destroy Twitter. Now he’s unleashing Trump on X

Trump returns to the platform that banned him more than three years later, as it keeps alive the same bogus claims that fueled the Jan. 6 attack, Alex Woodward writes

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’

Exclusive: MPs leaving platform or scaling back use over its ‘deterioration’ under Elon Musk’s ownership

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The Independent UK

How users can leave Twitter / X – and what are the alternatives

For those among the growing number of UK users planning to leave X, here’s how to do it and a selection of alternative platforms

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney hits back at 'reprehensible' Elon Musk after Humza Yousaf attack

JOHN Swinney has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of “reprehensible” and “baseless” language aimed towards former first minister Humza…

Evening Standard

When is Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump and how can you watch?

Republican presidential nominee faces questions from backer and former critic

PC Gamer

Ex-Twitter VP says if Elon Musk keeps stirring up unrest, 'get an arrest warrant'

Well, that's pretty definitive. Nothing to see here.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump returns to X/Twitter with new post

Latest tweet had initially been hidden from visitors to his profile

The Independent UK

Number 10 says no ‘back-and-forth’ with Elon Musk on X

The Prime Minister’s spokeswoman told journalists he will not enter a tit-for-tat spat with the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter.

The Conversation

How ‘brat summer’ may be propelling Kamala Harris to the American presidency

Can TikTok help lead the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign to victory in the United States presidential election the way Twitter, now X, was believed to have helped Donald Trump in 2016? Is Harris’s so-called brat summer enough to sustain her momentum into four more years of a Democratic-led America?

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