Tag: Elon Musk

Corporate Media Ignores Twitter Files, Then Defends FBI

Holding a mirror up to the media is an important part of democracy, and in this episode, I hold that mirror up regarding the media’s absence in covering the Twitter Files, and then their eventual rush to defend the government–Big Tech collusion. It is truly incredulous that the vast majority of the corporate media has…


INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the ‘Twitter files’

Documents revealed by Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk, show the social media company intertwined with a government-private censorship apparatus. Twitter suppressed or removed content on various subjects, including irregularities in the 2020 elections, mail-in voting issues, and various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company was under government pressure to purge such content…


Elon Musk Changes His Twitter Bio to ‘State-Affiliated Media’

CEO Elon Musk updated his Twitter bio to read: “State-affiliated media” on Jan. 16 after he alluded that it was more of an appropriate label for the social media network. In response to questions from reporters over the weekend, Musk tweeted, “Technically, Twitter should have that label.” Musk’s comment follows the release of details made public…


Elon Musk Mocks WEF as Global Elite Gather in Davos

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to his newly acquired social media platform over the weekend to make a series of quips aimed at the global organization, the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland—which features a host of international leaders, central bankers, Wall Street executives, and celebrities—began on Monday and will…


Musk’s Lawyers Claim Vast Majority of San Francisco Jurors Hold Negative View of Tesla CEO Ahead of Shareholder Trial

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s lawyers have argued that the Tesla CEO is viewed in a negative light by more than 80 percent of prospective jurors in San Francisco in an effort to get his upcoming trial against a group of Tesla shareholders moved out of the state. Lawyers for Musk argued in court documents that questionnaires,…


Group Targeting Musk’s Twitter for ‘Climate Misinformation’ Is Linked to Fusion GPS, Disinformation Campaign

A group behind a study finding an increase in “climate change misinformation” on Elon Musk’s Twitter also funded Fusion GPS, the private investigative firm behind the debunked Steele dossier, as well as another group reportedly connected to an election disinformation campaign. Advance Democracy, a non-profit helmed by ex-Democratic staffer Daniel Jones, shared a study exclusively with USA Today Tuesday…


US Asks Tesla About Musk Tweet on Driver Monitoring Function

WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Monday said it was in contact with Tesla about a tweet Chief Executive Elon Musk wrote about a driver monitoring function. A Dec. 31 tweet suggested drivers with more than 10,000 miles using Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software system should be able to disable the “steering wheel nag,”…


Elon Musk Reveals His Endorsement for House Speaker as McCarthy Loses 6th Vote

Elon Musk has weighed in on the turbulent race for House Speaker, urging holdout Republicans to vote for his recommended pick, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and put an end to the chaos in Congress. Some 20 Republicans stand between McCarthy and the gavel as the House adjourned on Wednesday after a sixth ballot failed to…


Twitter to Remove Ban on Political Ads ‘In the Coming Weeks’

Political ads will once again be a source of revenue for Twitter following the social media platform’s Jan. 3 announcement that it would be loosening its restrictions on cause-based and political advertising. “We believe that cause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics,” Twitter noted Tuesday in a statement. “Today, we’re relaxing our ads…


Elon Musk for Speaker of the House?

Our friends in the legacy media—and that increasingly seems to include Fox News—not to mention the Democrats and some Republicans as well, endlessly bemoan the “chaos” on the Republican side as Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California has failed in four ballots now in his bid to become House speaker. The most powerful position in the…