You would think there is enough history of useful idiots being disposed off that it's hilarious that he thinks that he would remain in a influential position after unification.
The media outlets should be packing their bags and moving out of Xwitter. The simplest thing to do would be to setup a skinned mastodon instance and just run their own social media setup. Billion dollar companies trusting a 3rd party to be a major part of their ability to promote content is obviously a flawed method.
Out of interest can you give some examples of what you have gotten removed? Both on Reddit and Lemmy I have seen users post that they are not having success when putting in moderation requests. Either they are faking those screenshots or the moderation is at the very least hit and miss.
Birds of a feather...
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1813540/Elon-Musk-Russell-Brand-video-comment