On April 1, 2018, Tesla Inc.’s founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted a series of jokes. The funniest one? Tesla had gone bankrupt after failing to raise money. “So bankrupt, you can’t believe it,” he wrote. So funny the company’s stock fell about 5% the next day.
This year, Mr. Musk played it safe and avoided market-moving jokes. Instead, he dropped a rap song. Tesla didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The problem here? “...reported as fact.” That, of course, speaks to any hack deigning to call themselves journalists. How about if the field demanded some integrity and competence from itself?
I'm cutting WSJ. You're not so funny anymore
So many ❄️ that no one has a sense of humor. Sad
Was he taken to task by SEC over this