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Elon Musk calls out VICE, who couldn't be bothered to actually *talk* to him before reporting that he spoke to Putin about Russia-Ukraine proposal

VICE dropped a major scoop about Elon Musk today concerning Musk’s controversial Twitter poll about how to resolve Russia’s war against Ukraine:

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“It has been claimed.” OK, but has it been verified?

More from VICE:

Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin before tweeting a proposal to end the war in Ukraine that would have seen territory permanently ceded to Russia, it has been claimed.

In a mailout sent to Eurasia Group subscribers, Ian Bremmer wrote that Tesla CEO Musk told him that Putin was “prepared to negotiate,” but only if Crimea remained Russian, if Ukraine accepted a form of permanent neutrality, and Ukraine recognised Russia’s annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

According to Bremmer, Musk said Putin told him these goals would be accomplished “no matter what,” including the potential of a nuclear strike if Ukraine invaded Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. Bremmer wrote that Musk told him that “everything needed to be done to avoid that outcome.”

According to Ian Bremmer. That would be the same Ian Bremmer who made up a Donald Trump quote and tweeted it out without any acknowledgment that it was fake. The same Ian Bremmer who tweeted without evidence that 60% of Republicans, compared to 17% of Democrats, were unvaccinated at the end of last year.

Ian Bremmer is a highly unreliable source at best, but apparently that makes him reliable enough for VICE. Meanwhile, VICE apparently felt that Elon Musk, who is the subject of the story, didn’t need to have a chance to comment before VICE ran with the piece. The final sentence of the article is “Tesla and Musk have been contacted for comment.” That’s as far as VICE got.

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So, inquiring minds would very much like to know what Musk himself has to say about this.

For the record, here’s what Musk would have told VICE had they decided to practice actual journalism and wait for his response:

Oh. Well, no wonder VICE didn’t wait for Musk to get back to them. If they had, it would’ve undercut their whole article.

Well, that’s normally how this stuff is supposed to work. But we need to remember whom we’re dealing with.

Pretty much.

Great work as usual, VICE. Top notch.

We, of course, have no way of knowing exactly when Musk spoke with Putin or what they spoke about, but we know enough to not do what VICE did.

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Anyway, maybe if VICE had taken the time to actually engage with Musk, they might’ve learned a little bit more about where he’s at right now:

Put that in your next article, VICE.

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