If you’re not familiar with Electrek, go here and read all about Frederic Lambert, the “Editor-in-Chief and Main Writer” at Electrek (according to his unintentionally hilarious LinkedIn page) and his ethically-challenged mindset and probably-illegal behavior.
Since Freddy’s behavior has helped him make more than Donald Trump, he’s starting to act like the POTUS on Twitter by blocking anybody who says anything negative about him or the site. Actually, cancel that—you don’t even have to be negative. He’s just blocking errybody out here.
The Wall Street Journal’s Charley Grant was blocked simply for quoting them:
All I did was ask them a basic question:
That resulted in this:
Our friend, Alex Roy, has been blocked, of course, along with anybody asking why Electrek didn’t cover his recent Model 3 Cannonball Run:
Ol’ Freddy himself blocked me on his personal account a long time ago, but I didn’t think he’d actually have the courage to block me on the official account just for asking if they were journalists or fans. He’s creating a bit of a Streisand Effect by doing so—he could just simply answer the queries and move on, and nobody would care.
What have you got to hide, Fred? By refusing to engage with anybody who dares question him or his behavior, Lambert has confirmed what we already suspected—he’s a shill who is shamelessly leveraging his position as a “journalist” for personal gain.
If you’ve been blocked by Fred or by Electrek, let us know. If you haven’t, well, you probably just aren’t trying very hard.