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Ben Wikler: “The world's richest man, Elon Musk, bought the website where…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Ben Wikler Discusses Democratic Strategies and Challenges on 'Black Like Me' Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 13:26

And this is part of what's so maddening about this massive concentration of money and power in this country is that, you know, The world's richest man, Elon Musk, bought the website where every journalist in America spent half their day, which is Twitter, and now jacked up the algorithm. So, you know, it's only the right wing accounts that get a lot of traction. (13:26–13:36)

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Asserts that Elon Musk altered Twitter's algorithm to favor right-wing accounts.

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