Snopes Debunker - This Week: Musk's $40B Twitter purchase rumors, Funyuns Mountain Dew, and Musk's photo with Ghislaine Maxwell

​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker April 30, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser This Week: Musk's $40B Twitter purchase rumors, Funyuns Mountain Dew, and Musk's photo with Ghislaine Maxwell ​ With $40B, Could Musk Have Given $1M to Every Person in the US Instead of Buying Twitter? In the wake of the news that Elon Musk had purchased Twitter for $44 billion, a number of social media users suggested that the Tesla CEO’s money could have been better spent elsewhere. He could have, they suggested, solved world hunger or ended poverty. One viral tweet claimed that Musk could have given every single person in the United States $1 million (and still have $7 billion leftover) for roughly the purchase price of Twitter: Dan Evon reports. Read Now Help Snopes Today Your subscription to the Snopes Debunker is just one of many ways your can support our team and back our mission. See Ways to Help Fact Checks and Original Reporting Is Funyuns Mountain Dew Real? Flaming Hot Mountain Dew exists, so why not Funyun-flavored? Read Story. Are Fires at Food Processing Plants a ‘New Trend’? The real trend here is an uptick in fear-mongering over food-supply shortages. Read Story. Is the Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell Photo Real? A frequently shared picture purportedly shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk posing next to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a party. Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44B and Will Privatize Company Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion, promising a more lenient touch to policing content. Read More Biden Pardons Former Secret Service Agent and 2 Others President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term. Read More Disney Government in Dark About Effect of Law Dissolving It Officials said they were still confused about what the new legislation meant, even as some ripple effects were starting to be felt. Read More

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