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minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down2·1 month ago Tesla, founded by the billionaire CEO Elon Musk, has frequently faced scrutiny over safety issues. That is incorrect
minus-squareSamvega@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 month agoIs this the company where he paid a sum of money to the real founder or founders to be called the founder? Or was that another company?
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoCorrect on the first part, I don’t know if he did it for other companies as well.
minus-squareSamvega@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThanks! So he’s the $$$paidtobecalledafounderlikeastupididiot$$$ of this company.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoAnd it worked. That’s the worst part. This article and others call him the founder.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month agoIt is legally correct, but factually incorrect.
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoLegally how? Was Musk on the original state registration?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 month agoI’m too petty to be a reporter, every time I’d write: “musk, who retroactively won the right to be considered a founder of Tesla in court, …”
minus-squareBenReilly97@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoIt’d also be technically true to say “Elon Musk, CEO and self-proclaimed founder of Tesla…”
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoTwitter, now known to some as X, …
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoTwitter, available at x.com, the domain previously used for Musk’s now-defunct online bank, …
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBut do you want to distance Musk from the accident by clarifying it’s not really his company?
minus-squarebradv@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoHow many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg?
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYet every time the two are mentioned everyone says he’s the founder Journalism is dead
That is incorrect
Is this the company where he paid a sum of money to the real founder or founders to be called the founder?
Or was that another company?
Correct on the first part, I don’t know if he did it for other companies as well.
Thanks! So he’s the $$$paidtobecalledafounderlikeastupididiot$$$ of this company.
And it worked. That’s the worst part. This article and others call him the founder.
It is legally correct, but factually incorrect.
Legally how? Was Musk on the original state registration?
He sued for the title and won.
I’m too petty to be a reporter, every time I’d write: “musk, who retroactively won the right to be considered a founder of Tesla in court, …”
It’d also be technically true to say “Elon Musk, CEO and self-proclaimed founder of Tesla…”
“X, formerly known as Twitter”
Twitter, now known to some as X, …
Twitter, available at x.com, the domain previously used for Musk’s now-defunct online bank, …
But do you want to distance Musk from the accident by clarifying it’s not really his company?
How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg?
1 to 5, inclusive
Yet every time the two are mentioned everyone says he’s the founder
Journalism is dead