Do you have any notable examples of Elon doing keyword bombing, media washing, reputation laundering, etc?

You mean other than buying Twitter?

Let's be fair to Musk on this. He didn't want to buy Twitter. He was playing games and ended up trapping himself into it.

So you’re saying he’s an idiot?

Not disagreeing, it’s just an interesting argument to make about a supposedly genius billionaire.

I don't think he's an idiot, but I equally don't think he's shown any signs of being a genius.

I’ll say it. Elon Musk is an idiot. Are his goons going to black bag me? Will his reputation managers show up in this thread with their sock puppets to “control the narrative” which is that daddy Elon is a self made billionaire who definitely didn’t benefit from his daddies Zambian emerald mine (which definitely never used forced labor, slaves, or children)! He’s also a huge fan of labor unions and never violates labor laws or fires organizers. Elon’s also definitely not cozy with other fascistic billionaires, the trumps, etc. I’m bored, this is a good stopping point.

What's ironic is they're doing the opposite of what they claim Elon Musk is doing. So they randomly inject Elon Musk into a conversation about this topic to add that association. Imagine the insanity if bings ChatGPT got a hold of this thread as truth.

Oops, I may have dragged ChatGPT into it now too.

Not the expert on this, but Tesla whistle and Tesla shorts come to mind immediately. There are more subtle ones, e.g. the Tesla respirators right when Covid hit.

This was all before Twitter of course.

I think Tesla shorts was just him having a laugh at the investors shorting Tesla and showing confidence in the company. It increased media coverage of, and popular discussion about, the number of Tesla shares sold short. It wasn't about hiding or suppressing it, it was about showing that he wasn't concerned and was in some sense, "standing up to" the people predicting Tesla's demise.