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The moment of reckoning for Tesla's founder has arrived. The company's earnings report showed that profits dropped 71% since this time last year. On a call with investors this week, Musk announced that he would spend a day or two per week on his Washington business, but that he would mostly turn his attention back to the struggling company.
The moment of reckoning for Tesla's founder has arrived. The company's earnings report showed that profits dropped 71% since this time last year. On a call with investors this week, Musk announced that he would spend a day or two per week on his Washington business, but that he would mostly turn his attention back to the struggling company.
The moment of reckoning for Tesla's founder has arrived. The company's earnings report showed that profits dropped 71% since this time last year. On a call with investors this week, Musk announced that he would spend a day or two per week on his Washington business, but that he would mostly turn his attention back to the struggling company.
As Patrick George, the editor-in-chief of Inside EVs, wrote in The Atlantic this week, luck runs out.
As Patrick George, the editor-in-chief of Inside EVs, wrote in The Atlantic this week, luck runs out.
As Patrick George, the editor-in-chief of Inside EVs, wrote in The Atlantic this week, luck runs out.
I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. My colleague Charlie Worzel interviewed Patrick George recently about the tumultuous journey Tesla's been on, from darling of the environmentally conscious to target of tire slashing. And the two of them land on Musk's blind spot, which caused him to miss this coming crash.
I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. My colleague Charlie Worzel interviewed Patrick George recently about the tumultuous journey Tesla's been on, from darling of the environmentally conscious to target of tire slashing. And the two of them land on Musk's blind spot, which caused him to miss this coming crash.
I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. My colleague Charlie Worzel interviewed Patrick George recently about the tumultuous journey Tesla's been on, from darling of the environmentally conscious to target of tire slashing. And the two of them land on Musk's blind spot, which caused him to miss this coming crash.
Their conversation explains so well how we got to this moment.
Their conversation explains so well how we got to this moment.
Their conversation explains so well how we got to this moment.
Sure. I woke up to this like full candor like an hour ago. Yeah, same. My thoughts on this are basically, I think that Mark Zuckerberg is very, and I felt this way for a while, very ashamed of everything that he and Facebook did between, let's say, March 1st, 2020 and January 10th, 2021, right? So... beginning of the COVID pandemic, right into, you know, post-January 6th.
Sure. I woke up to this like full candor like an hour ago. Yeah, same. My thoughts on this are basically, I think that Mark Zuckerberg is very, and I felt this way for a while, very ashamed of everything that he and Facebook did between, let's say, March 1st, 2020 and January 10th, 2021, right? So... beginning of the COVID pandemic, right into, you know, post-January 6th.
Sure. I woke up to this like full candor like an hour ago. Yeah, same. My thoughts on this are basically, I think that Mark Zuckerberg is very, and I felt this way for a while, very ashamed of everything that he and Facebook did between, let's say, March 1st, 2020 and January 10th, 2021, right? So... beginning of the COVID pandemic, right into, you know, post-January 6th.
I mean, the fact that this announcement is coming on January 7th... I'd go back.
I mean, the fact that this announcement is coming on January 7th... I'd go back.
I mean, the fact that this announcement is coming on January 7th... I'd go back.
I would agree with that. But I think, too, you know, they were... up against a lot of pressure there. And they were always trying to do the very least. They were being dragged along by people. But Zuckerberg did an interview in March or April of 2020 with my old boss, who was at The Times then, Ben Smith, about COVID misinformation.
I would agree with that. But I think, too, you know, they were... up against a lot of pressure there. And they were always trying to do the very least. They were being dragged along by people. But Zuckerberg did an interview in March or April of 2020 with my old boss, who was at The Times then, Ben Smith, about COVID misinformation.