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Mezrich on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
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July 21, 2026
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2:15Now PlayingC-SPAN's "America's Book Club" — Bestselling author Ben Mezrich discusses Elon Musk's "vicious" takeover of Twitter, during which he fired most of the company's employees.
"I had some really wonderful sources in there who were just, because he fired people and then realized that he hadn't made them sign NDAs, so immediately they called me," he said. "That's the best time you want to interview someone — is the day they were fired because they're angry."
Watch the full interview, filmed at the cincinnatisociety SUNDAY at 6pm and 9pm ET/PT on C-SPAN.
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