I was once invited to visit SpaceX's facility on Kwajalein. Following interviews, I was told @elonmusk had to review all articles prior to publication. I explained journalism doesn't work that way. His current tweets come as no surprise.
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Replying to @weinbergersa
Wow, you’re ignorant. Don’t remember you, but disclosing classified US missile technology to hostile nations would violate ITAR law & land you in jail. I didn’t review it, but my team did. Obviously nobody cared about what your article said. Please.
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Replying to @elonmusk
I've written on ITAR issues for 18 yrs. The SpaceX employees who did the interview were professionals. I'm sure SpaceX conducts ITAR training and employees know what not to disclose. The request wasn't to review technical information, but the entire article.
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Replying to @weinbergersa @elonmusk
Sharon, I really don't understand the concern. If you interviewed me, I'd like to see the article prior to publication too. ITAR or not. Isn't that normal?
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Replying to @RichardWPickett @elonmusk
It's actually not normal, and most publications consider it a firing offense. There's a great discussion to be had about why showing pre-publication articles to sources is not acceptable. And why fact-checking is the better option. But it's hard to discuss is Twitter soundbites.
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More made up non-rules that only apply when it's to their advantage because no one can call them on it Example of when it didn't suit the press to have this pretend "firing offense" https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/10808 …pic.twitter.com/IhAqhGgqjg
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