This Week In Auto Writer Twitter Fights
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When Tesla referral plan was created, I wanted to join since I have large following that want to buy Tesla, but as j school grad... 3/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
The ethical breach is so obvious I didn't. I've made many enemies among both auto makers & journos for calling out junkets and... 4/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
...access journalism, but not one has ever blocked me. In media, transparency IS credibility IS truth. Blocking someone for speaking it 5/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
is pathetic. Blocking me – a fan of elektrek coverage – is literally the biggest red flag one could raise. Lambert uses the Trump excuse 6/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
DEFLECTION: "So what if I take fees? What about junkets? Ethics? J school? Who cares? I have an audience!" Those excuses work only if 7/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
...no one shows up who actually is ethically clean. So thx 4 blocking me. Prepare for me to take a fine tooth comb to everything u do. 8/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
Sad, because i gave u benefit of doubt. U blew that up & have gone from source to suspect outlet overnight. To what end? $$$$$$$$$ 9/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
set by the best of our predecessors. Those who would pretend the bars never had meaning, who hide from debate, are beneath contempt & 11/x
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
are enablers of even worse excesses in what little #realjournalism remains in the current wasteland. Thanks for the lesson, lambert. 12/12
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) September 29, 2017
[ed. note: a few days passed on]
Electrek faces criticism for giving readers Tesla discount codes https://t.co/JEckJ2T559 pic.twitter.com/1JPuR5K8gk
— Automotive News (@Automotive_News) October 4, 2017
What? @KatieGBurke I said "it's not worth commenting" but I did anyway in an email to you yesterday: pic.twitter.com/RC6KWSZ28s
— Fred Lambert (@FredLambert) October 4, 2017
[ed. note: it's entirely unclear why "this is coming out" now.]
2/x My goal: to make @fredericlambert poster boy for the destruction of journalism, and for my analysis to be used in j-schools everywhere.
— Alex Roy (@AlexRoy144) October 4, 2017
[ed. note: this post will be occasionally updated, maybe... I don't know]