Thursday, December 29, 2022

Musk Rips Legacy Media Over The Twitter Files


Twitter CEO Elon Musk slammed "corporate journalism" and "legacy media" in separate tweets about the response to the Twitter Files and claims that his reputation is in trouble, reports Fox News Digital. 

"Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?" Musk wrote Tuesday in response to a tweet about a Substack post headlined "In Response to the Twitter Files, Establishment Media Rushes to Defend the FBI," written by Leighton Woodhouse. 

Musk has released several installments of the Twitter Files through independent journalists such as Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi. 

A recent installment detailed the coordination between Twitter and government agencies went way beyond the FBI. 

Musk said in the same thread that he was "open" to the idea of purchasing the Substack platform in response to a tweet from Wall Street Silver, who asked if Twitter should purchase Substack and connect the two platforms. 

"Twitter plus Substack creates instantly massive competition for obsolete legacy corporate media," the account said. 

Musk on Wednesday also responded to a clip posted by CNBC's "Squawk Box" and called out "legacy media." 

In the clip, Axios reporter Hope King said that Musk'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 said. 

Musk shot back and said that the legacy media should "worry about its reputation."


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