Sephrata
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- Mar 25, 2017
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I used to have a lot of respect for Elon Musk, as an entrepreneur who was pushing the boundaries of science and technology. However, his behaviour and actions in the last couple of months have vastly changed my opinion of him.
Over the last few months, he has made a number of tweets that have damaged his reputation.
His tweets over taking Tesla private appear to have broken securities law in the US and I think he is going to end up with a substantial fine from the SEC.
His involvement in the Thai cave rescue that has really shocked me. He did a good thing by offering what appeared to be quite a revolutionary solution to saving the school boys. However, there were a number of flaws in this solution and Vernon Unsworth, an expert cave diver who knew those specific caves very well, said to CNN that he believes this was a PR stunt. Elon did not react well.
After being criticised on CNN, Elon took to Twitter to try and discredit Vernon Unsworth by calling him a pedophile. This was a completely unsubstantiated allegation that had absolutely zero merit. He deleted the tweet and proceeded to apologise, however it looks clear that this was nothing more than an attempt to mitigate against the PR fallout.
Behind the public scenes, he has gone on the attack again against Vernon Unsworth:
Vernon Unsworth has, rightfully, sued Elon Musk for defamation. The claim (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/17_09_2018_musk_unsworth.pdf) gives a good insight into Elon Musk's character and that his wealth and fame have clearly gone to his head.
I do hope that Vernon Unsworth is successful in his claim as I think these unwarranted attacks by Elon Musk have shown his true character.
Over the last few months, he has made a number of tweets that have damaged his reputation.
His tweets over taking Tesla private appear to have broken securities law in the US and I think he is going to end up with a substantial fine from the SEC.
His involvement in the Thai cave rescue that has really shocked me. He did a good thing by offering what appeared to be quite a revolutionary solution to saving the school boys. However, there were a number of flaws in this solution and Vernon Unsworth, an expert cave diver who knew those specific caves very well, said to CNN that he believes this was a PR stunt. Elon did not react well.
After being criticised on CNN, Elon took to Twitter to try and discredit Vernon Unsworth by calling him a pedophile. This was a completely unsubstantiated allegation that had absolutely zero merit. He deleted the tweet and proceeded to apologise, however it looks clear that this was nothing more than an attempt to mitigate against the PR fallout.
Behind the public scenes, he has gone on the attack again against Vernon Unsworth:
Vernon Unsworth has, rightfully, sued Elon Musk for defamation. The claim (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/17_09_2018_musk_unsworth.pdf) gives a good insight into Elon Musk's character and that his wealth and fame have clearly gone to his head.
I do hope that Vernon Unsworth is successful in his claim as I think these unwarranted attacks by Elon Musk have shown his true character.