The ethics and economics of advertising vs. subscriptions

I'm sure many of you have experienced peak Elon Musk fatigue in the news cycle, but an old tweet of his caught my eye. The Tesla/SpaceX/maybe-Twitter CEO called out the insincerity behind the Washington Post tagline "Democracy Dies in Darkness":

Ah yes, I see they decided to editorialize. Here’s what I actually said: pic.twitter.com/EPqtX7DLyl— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2022 

Elon attached a screenshot that clarified what he sent to the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post when the outlet sent questions to him for an article.

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