Elon Musk Calls out Corporate Journalists Over His Coverage “Twitter Files”

Elon Musk Mainstream media outlets were criticized for covering the so-called “Alternative News” “Twitter Files.”

“Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?” Musk wrote In response to Leighton Woodhouse’s Twitter tweet, the journalist and documentary filmmaker shared his new Substack on December 27th. The latter was sharing his Substack. post How corporate media tried to shield the FBI/state rather than expose them.

“The Hunter Biden laptop story shows the extent to which the corporate media has become the propaganda arm of the state,” Woodhouse wrote in his Substack, pointing to the recent release of the seventh installment of Twitter’s internal documents.

Independent author Michael Shellenberger published The seventh installment, Dec. 19, revealed how there was an “organized effort” Federal law enforcement agents were sent to discredit the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop reports by targeting news media companies and social media.

Other installments of Twitter’s internal communications have shown how the media giant placed certain individuals on “secret blacklists,” debates over how to handle former President Donald Trump’s account before it was suspended in January 2021, and how the FBI allegedly flagged accounts Tweets and other information for Twitter to take actions against

The FBI dismissed the “Twitter Files,” Alluding that “conspiracy theorists” They want to discredit it.

A Twitter user responded to Musk’s question by writing, “Simple… it’s Corporate Journalism… Not Journalism.”

Musk is the answer replied: “Exactly. Why would anyone trust corpo journalism?”

Substack

Musk is also mentioned in the same thread. said That he was “open to the idea” Substack platform purchase, while responding to Wall Street Silver’s tweet.

The latter wrote, “Twitter plus Substack creates instantly massive competition for obsolete legacy corporate media.”

Substack allows independent writers and podcasters to publish directly to their audiences and get paid through subscriptions, the platform’s website says.

Musk expressed an interest in Substack on Tuesday.

Dave Rubin, a conservative commentator, began a blog on December 8. thread by alleging that Google and YouTube’s “manipulation for political purposes is FAR worse than Twitter’s.”

One Twitter user continued the thread, and suggested Musk buy Substack.

The Twitter user wrote: “You would have the information layer with Twitter and the narrative layer. Corporate media would then have [to] specialize on reporting government leaks, from ‘people familiar with the matter.’”

“I’m open to the idea,” Musk wrote As a response to the recommendation.

Reputation

Musk replied to a Dec. 28th tweet Twitter clip posted by CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” during which Axios reporter Hope King said the new Twitter chief’s reputation was “in danger.”

“All of the macro conditions are against his favor. Market-share for $TSLA is down year-over-year. His reputation with Twitter is impacting his reputation when it comes to all of his companies,” She spoke.

Musk responded. wrote: “The legacy media should worry about its reputation. We have only just begun.”

Musk has made it clear that he will promote free speech after acquiring Twitter and his decision to release the company’s internal documents is tied to his promise.

“The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened,” Musk wrote On Twitter, Dec. 28, just days prior to the first batch “Twitter Files” Matt Taibbi, an independent journalist, released it.

The first installment exposed how the social media giant’s efforts to suppress the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story published just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

Emails from the laptop’s hard drive and Treasury records revealed Joe Biden was then Vice President. James Biden and Hunter Biden were involved with foreign business ventures in countries such Russia, China, and Ukraine. The revelations were discredited by many media outlets at the time. “Russian disinformation” The news was also blocked by social media platforms.

Hunter Biden recently hired Abbe Lowell, a high-profile defense attorney, is now part of his legal team. House Republicans are planning to investigate his overseas business interests.

Congressional Probe

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.(R-Miss.), a ranking member of Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, stated that Congress must probe “Big Tech” Companies, following the revelations of the “Twitter Files.”

“These explosive revelations show the enormous power that a handful of liberal tech executives have over our public discourse,” Wicker wrote his weekly report published 26 December

“We should be grateful that new leadership is lifting the hood on Twitter, but Congress needs to follow up with wider investigations into Big Tech companies, including Facebook and Google,” He stated.

The Mississippi senator dismissed suggestions by some lawmakers that tech companies shouldn’t be investigated because they are “free enterprises operating in a free market.”

“What this fails to recognize is that these massive companies wield unprecedented power over our nation,” He explained.

“We live in a big country where people hold a wide range of views and convictions. This diversity makes it all the more vital that we protect free speech. Big Tech has shown that it cannot be trusted to do so. Congress now has an obligation to act on behalf of the American people and bring transparency and accountability to these public platforms,” He added.

“Americans deserve to know the full extent of tech bias and corruption that is impacting our country.” 

journalist

Frank Fang, a Taiwan-based journalist. He is a journalist based in Taiwan. He has a master’s in materials science from Tsinghua University of Taiwan.

*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases