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Elon Musk said people are praising the killer of a healthcare CEO who was merely doing his job to maximize profits.

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in General Factchecking by Innovator (50.9k points)
Elon Must posted: It's disgusting how everyone is turning the insurance healthcare CEO killer into a folk hero. Insurance companies, like any company, have a duty to shareholders to maximize profits no matter how ruthlessly.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bwqu7z2izxa5y7qsbqow5xbh/post/3lcw2d32qqs2g

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by Apprentice (1.0k points)
This cannot be fact checked because it is merely Elon Musk's opinion on the matter. There are no concrete facts that support whether or not it is right or wrong to praise a murderer and anybody's thoughts on the matter is all opinion based and includes a lot of personal bias. Also, the source provided is a social media site similar to twitter which are usually not credible sources and any claims taken from them should be taken with a grain of salt regardless.
Can't be true or false (Opinion, poem, etc.)
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by Newbie (360 points)

This post is false. When clicking the link to the post, which is a screenshot of Elon Musk's alleged post, it is flagged and labeled as 'misleading' by Bluesky in an effort to stop false news and misinformation on its platform. As stated by Bluesky in their community guidelines, users are allowed to report posts they believe goes against the guidelines. Their team will then "review reports we receive against these Community Guidelines. Bluesky Social will decide when and how to enforce these Community Guidelines, and if we find a violation of the Guidelines will take enforcement action, which may include restricting a user’s ability to use Bluesky Social". 

Source: https://bsky.social/about/support/community-guidelines

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by Newbie (300 points)

This claim is false. The screenshot of the post is fake and also marked as misleading on Bluesky. USA Today confirmed that there is "no record of Musk post defending insurance companies." The article expresses that during the post’s timestamp of 5:23 am ET Elon Musk posted about the Republican Representative Dan Meuser instead.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/12/10/elon-musk-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-fact-check/76888960007/

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