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> Our understanding is that this guy was paid by the UAW to join Tesla

Calling it his "understanding" gives him a lot of latitude to say anything that happens to be convenient without offering any evidence. Let's check back if he actually produces any. Until then, we should be aware it's lazy and dangerous for the media to present opposing sides of just any point as equally legitimate when one side has a definitively greater burden of proof.

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Key evidence against Musk's claim:

> Considering the employee in question has been working at Tesla for four years and this is the first evidence of “agitating for a union”, it would truly be a “long con”, if true.

Playing devil's advocate, he could have been an employee before being recruited as a paid agitator.

That would directly contradict Musk's claim that the UAW paid the employee to join Tesla.

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