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Musk Channels Caesar and Soviet Era Media in Latest Tweet Storm
- Picks Ides of March date at random to unveil Tesla Model Y
- Plans website offering tools to evaluate media accuracy
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Elon Musk, barely a month after his behavior on an earnings call shook investor confidence, hit out on Twitter with a series of combative posts this week, leaving many scratching their heads at best and prompting scrutiny from U.S. labor regulators at worst.
The chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., which is burning cash and struggling to overcome production issues for its mass-market electric Model 3, heaped scorn on media outlets over critical news reporting as well as alluding to picking random dates to unveil new vehicles.