Mike Ryan

And Musk responded by calling Stewart an extremely skilled propagandist disguised as a truth teller.

What is the real damage done here?

You guys have seen that report, right?

That 18 engineers were called in in the middle of the night because Biden had a Super Bowl tweet that had more engagement than Musk's Super Bowl tweet.

For people who don't understand, Brett, how is it that this has actually had an impact on democracy?

How is it that this platform has this power?

And how is it that this person knew that this platform would have the power to actually bleep with democracy?

Because I wouldn't have guessed at any time in my lifetime that there would be such a platform in America.

Mike Ryan theorized something I had not heard before today.

Have we killed April Fool's Day because of the amount of disinformation out there?

At this point, people are too careful and you cannot do April Fool's Day correctly anymore.

That's a hell of a sentence to put on our tombstone.

And Brett, it's a coordinated effort, right?

You had things like Photoshop and things in the 20-teens start making their way in there.

Dan was constantly fooled by a shark that was swimming in a mall or on a street corner.

But once the blue checks were a free-for-all, and you had no idea if the person was... I mean, Elon, as you mentioned, you tried to tout this as a news source, and then he did away with the guardrail that ensured that you knew that it was coming from an authentic source.

This all seems by design, so you can't actually hold those who are lying accountable.

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