Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Stop the self-interested panic. Give Elon Musk a chance to fix Twitter

This illustration photo taken on Aug. 5, 2022, shows a cellphone displaying a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, D.C..

About the only people happy with Elon Musk’s first days at Twitter were the network’s shareholders who saw their long moribund stock turn into hard cash at the rate of $54.20 per share, a price that anyone paying attention knew was way more than they were actually worth.

Everyone else, it seemed, was up in arms, including most of the employees, many of whom were laid off, and a subset of the site’s heaviest and most progressive users. Shonda Rhimes (”Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye!”) and Whoopi Goldberg (“I’m getting

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune4 min readWorld
Commentary: Universities Should Defend Students’ Right To Free Speech, Not Aid Their Repression
In mid-April, the University of Southern California banned the school valedictorian from giving a commencement address for the first time in its history, following a pressure campaign by outside pro-Israel groups. The university cited unspecified “se
Chicago Tribune2 min readCrime & Violence
‘A Unique Combination Of Greed, Intelligence, And Remorselessness’: Feds Make Case For 10-year Sentence For Chicago Con Man
CHICAGO — A federal prosecutor on Wednesday described serial Chicago con man Joey Cipolla as a charmer with an unhealthy obsession with wealth — and he doesn’t care about hurting people to get it. “(Cipolla) is a unique combination of greed, intellig
Chicago Tribune5 min readWorld
Commentary: Post-Oct. 7, I’m Finally Questioning The Narrative About Jewish Inheritance
Recently, while cleaning out my basement, I came across a picture of myself from 1983. The photo was taken at my Reform Movement Jewish summer camp, located on several acres of bucolic rolling hills along a clear lake in southeastern Wisconsin. That

Related Books & Audiobooks