{"id":1749799,"date":"2022-11-23T16:32:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749799"},"modified":"2022-11-23T16:32:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:32:57","slug":"uh-oh-stephen-king-and-elon-musk-are-fighting-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uh-oh-stephen-king-and-elon-musk-are-fighting-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh-Oh: Stephen King And Elon Musk Are Fighting Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuh-oh-stephen-king-and-elon-musk-are-fighting-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Horror author <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/seriously-ignorant-stephen-king-gets-buried-over-hot-take-on-putin-and-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen King<\/a> and billionaire entrepreneur \u2014 and self-described \u201cChief Twit\u201d \u2014 Elon Musk are still fighting, and the latest round appears to be about potential Twitter advertisers and whether or not Mike Lindell\u2019s famous MyPillow is as good as he claims it is.<\/p>\n<p>King started the exchange with the assertion that Twitter was quickly going downhill and would soon be losing advertisers left and right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty soon the only advertiser left on Twitter will be My Pillow,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty soon the only advertiser left on Twitter will be My Pillow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1595171447873409037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A number of critics immediately pointed out the fact that King had already threatened to leave Twitter due to Musk\u2019s plan to charge monthly for the blue \u201cverified\u201d check mark \u2014 and some just mocked him in general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I see his tweets I\u2019m more shocked it\u2019s not a parody account,\u201d Fox News contributor and Marine veteran Joey Jones responded.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everytime I see his tweets I\u2019m more shocked it\u2019s not a parody account. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fELKhdwZf\">https:\/\/t.co\/1fELKhdwZf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Johnny_Joey\/status\/1595411338146242566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you still here?\u201d Paul Joseph Watson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\/status\/1595342283905409024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded as well, apparently also taking a jab at King for not making good on his threat to leave the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh hi lol,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is My Pillow actually a great pillow? Now I\u2019m curious.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595323332869488641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But then Musk got sidetracked by King\u2019s comment, asking, \u201cIs My Pillow actually a great pillow? Now I\u2019m curious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuperb. Maintains shape. Keeps cool. More than 51 million sold. May I send you some?\u201d Dr. Sebastian Gorka offered to send a few pillows for Musk to try \u2014 and several others offered reviews of the pillows \u2014 or promo codes that he could use to get some for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and King tangled previously when the billionaire announced his plan to charge a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-starts-and-apparently-finishes-blue-check-fee-negotiations-with-stephen-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monthly premium<\/a>\u00a0of $20 for verification on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c$20 a month to keep my blue check? F*** that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I\u2019m gone like Enron,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I\u2019m gone like Enron.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1587042605627490304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to King\u2019s threat with a counter-offer, suggesting that the monthly fee should be $8 instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?\u201d he bargained.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots &#038; trolls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1587314744754683905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musks-new-twitter-verification-process-devolves-into-a-confusing-mess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continued<\/a>. \u201cIt is the only way to defeat the bots and trolls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has since appeared to struggle with getting people onboard with the new verification process \u2013 which has not yet been implemented \u2014 and has taken some heat for restoring accounts belonging to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jordan-peterson-restored-to-twitter-by-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Jordan Peterson<\/a>, satire site <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-restores-the-babylon-bees-twitter-account-let-that-sink-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Babylon Bee<\/a>, and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-to-reinstate-trump-on-twitter-trump-has-repeatedly-stated-he-wont-come-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horror author Stephen King and billionaire entrepreneur \u2014 and self-described \u201cChief Twit\u201d \u2014 Elon Musk are still fighting, and the latest round appears to be about potential Twitter advertisers and whether or not Mike Lindell\u2019s famous MyPillow is as good as he claims it is. King started the exchange with the assertion that Twitter was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1749802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1749802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}