Snopes labels alleged Musk tweet regarding murder of journalists as fake

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According to Snopes’ inquiries the tweet, even taken by some as a veiled threat, originated as, and was labeled as, a satirical post on Reddit.

This was not a real tweet or statement from Elon Musk. It does not appear on Musk's official Twitter timeline, nor, despite some users' claims that he actually did tweet it and then deleted it, does it appear in PolitiTweet's archive containing all of Musk's deleted tweets.

The fake screenshot originally appeared on Dec. 16 on the subreddit r/WhitePeopleTwitter with a "Satire/Fake Tweet" label attached to it. We have therefore rated this claim "Originated as Satire."

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[Carnos Jax]

That would be a relief if true....err fake.

[RAMd®d]

I don't see it as satirical, but also don't see it as threatening, just in very poor taste.

Something like a putz like Musk would find amusing.