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Musk’s Pledge To Bring Starlink To Iran Didn’t Actually Do Anything. That Didn’t Stop The Hype Machine.

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Elon Musk recently announced he'd be offering Starlink satellite broadband service in Iran in a heroic bid to help protesting Iranians avoid government surveillance and censorship. It was literally a two word tweet, but the claim, as usual, resulted in lots of ass kissing and a week long news cycle. But the announcement was hollow.

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Musk’s Pledge To Bring Starlink To Iran Didn’t Actually Do Anything. That Didn’t Stop The Hype Machine.

Despite Elon Musk's disdain for the press, his legend wouldn't exist without the media's need to hyperventilate over every last thing that comes out of the billionaire's mouth. We're at the point where the dumbest offhand comment by Musk becomes its own three week news cycle (see the entire news cycle based on Musk's comments…

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Techdirt broke the news in Redwood City, United States on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
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