Twitter’s press e mail is routinely “pooping” on the media underneath new Elon Musk coverage

Elon Musk is a fan of the poop emoji, as soon as memorably tweeting a 💩 to then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal whereas he was in negotiations to purchase the social media service. Now, the Twitter CEO and Tesla founder is conveying the same message to one among his favourite targets: the media: Emails despatched to [email protected] obtain a poop emoji as an auto-reply.

Musk introduced the coverage on Sunday, and CBS MoneyWatch examined it Monday morning. 

Customers replied to Musk’s announcement with a mix of their very own poop emojis, applause GIFs and a few feedback questioning Musk’s judgment. Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake wrote, “That is precisely the remark they deserve.” Against this, one other consumer asked, “Are you 12.”

The change comes after Twitter’s former e mail for journalists with questions concerning the firm had gone dormant for months. It has been broadly reported that the social media firm axed its public relations employees within the a number of rounds of layoffs that adopted Musk’s takeover of Twitter in October. In 2020, Tesla additionally largely disbanded its PR department, though right this moment the electrical automobile firm sometimes solutions press inquiries.

Musk, who is understood to speak extra brusquely and immediately than most CEOs, has lengthy had a strained relationship with the media. He has beforehand accused reporters protecting Tesla of bias and even alleged a few of being  in cahoots with the automaker’s rivals. 

In February, Musk additionally accused the media of being “racist in opposition to whites & Asians” in a protection of comic creator Scott Adams, whose strip “Dilbert” was dropped by many newspapers after a racist tirade.