Headline Roundup December 19, 2022
Twitter Users Vote That Elon Musk Should Step Down as CEO
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Sunday, Elon Musk posted a poll to his Twitter account asking, "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of the poll." When the poll closed, 57.5% of voters had said yes.
For Context: Earlier that day, Musk launched and then canceled a policy to suspend accounts who tweeted promotions of their other social media profiles. The short-lived plan was met with some backlash and clarification attempts from users, and Musk later said that in the future, “there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again.” Over 17.5 million Twitter users voted in the poll on whether Musk should step down.
Key Quotes: Musk tweeted several statements after posting the poll: “The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive”; “No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor.”; and “be careful what you wish, as you might get it.”
How the Media Covered It: Reports from news outlets across the spectrum mentioned Musk’s recent policy changes and his ban on accounts that posted the location of his jet. Outlets on the left- and center-rated outlets were more likely to mention Tesla and SpaceX, and specifically how Musk has taken employees from Tesla to assist him at Twitter while Tesla’s stock price has fallen
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Twitter strongly voted for Twitter CEO Elon Musk to step down as the head of the company in a poll that he posted to his account late Sunday afternoon.
Musk posted the poll after a botched policy rollout earlier in the day, which prohibited users from promoting rival social media platforms, led to backlash on Twitter.
“Should I step down as head of Twitter?” Musk tweeted. “I will abide by the results of this poll.”
The poll concluded with 17,502,391 accounts voting. The results were 57.5% to remove Musk, and...
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A majority of respondents — 57.5% — to a Twitter poll posted by Elon Musk on Sunday said that he should "step down as head" of Twitter.
Why it matters: His potential resignation as the head of Twitter could end one of the most chaotic and controversial tenures ever for a CEO of a major U.S. company.
Details: The poll, which launched Sunday at 6:20pm ET, concluded with a majority of the more than 17.5 million respondents saying Musk should step down.
Musk has amassed more than 120 million followers on the platform, making him one of...
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Is it possible that Elon Musk is going to step down as the CEO of the company he just bought for $44 billion?
Following a chaotic six weeks in charge of the platform, Musk on Sunday night posted a poll asking his 122 million followers if he should “step down as the head of Twitter.” The Tesla CEO added that he would “abide by the results of this poll.”
While the vote was still on-going Musk tweeted: “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get...
