The New York Times published a report Monday that blamed Elon Musk for damaging and eroding trust in Twitter while spreading "misinformation" about the company. 

The report, written by Kate Conger and Mike Isaac, described Musk as someone who "disparaged Twitter’s executives, ridiculed its content policies, complained about the product and confused its more than 7,000 employees with his pronouncements."

"With each needling tweet and public taunt, Mr. Musk has eroded trust in the social media company, walloped employee morale, spooked potential advertisers, emphasized its financial difficulties and spread misinformation about how Twitter operates," The Times article continued.

The Times lamented Musk's comedic expression regarding the fallout of the Twitter deal. "On Sunday, the billionaire, who has cited the number of fake accounts on Twitter’s platform as the reason that he cannot buy the company, tweeted a picture of himself laughing at the situation," they reported. The tweet referenced received over 1 million likes.