Elon Musk shared a conspiracy theory on Twitter after the husband of the United States Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was attacked.
However, the new "Chief Twit" deleted his tweet after a few hours. But besides removing his post, he responds to a news story by The New York Times that reported when he did.
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Elon Musk Shares Conspiracy Theory on Twitter
As per the latest news story by News Australia, the new big boss of Twitter shared a link to a conspiracy theory spreading news outlet on the giant social network, which he now owns.
The conspiracy theory that the billionaire entrepreneur shared on the social media platform is about the recent attack on the husband of Pelosi. He posted the tweet that contains a link to the anti-LGBT media outlet in response to Hillary Clinton.
News Australia reports that Clinton shared a news story on her Twitter account that the attacker of Pelosi's husband is allegedly linked to the far right.
And as such, the new Twitter owner could not help but respond to Clinton. The billionaire says "there is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye."
The wealthiest man in the world went on to attach a link to an article by the Santa Monica Observer.
News Australia noticed that it looks like the "Chief Twit" had some "second thoughts" on the link he just shared in response to Clinton. It comes as he reportedly deleted his tweet hours after he posted it.
It turns out that before Musk took down the conspiracy theory that he shared, the tweet gained roughly 110,000 likes, New Australia reports, citing Semafor news.
Conspiracy Theory Website
It is worth noting that the story Musk linked in his now-deleted tweet is no longer accessible, as well.
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Meanwhile, it appears that it is not the first time the Santa Monica Observer shared a conspiracy theory.
News Australia highlights that the site Musk cited previously published a conspiracy theory during the 2016 US presidential elections. It stated that Clinton used a double during the debate against the former US president, Donald Trump.
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Chief Twit's Response
After Musk deleted his tweet, he responded to a new story by The New York Times, reporting his now-deleted conspiracy theory tweet.
The headline of the news story reads: "Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News."
Musk tweets a screenshot of the headline, saying "this is fake - I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times!"
This is fake – I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times! pic.twitter.com/d6V6m5ATW2
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2022
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Written by Teejay Boris
